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| Lahme bi Ajeen Recipe (flat meat pies) |
| Written by Dede Med |
Lahme bi Ajeen Recipe (flat meat pies)

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Yield: 6-8
Level: Easy
Ingredients
- dough - see DedeMed's easy dough recipe
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/4 lb ground lamb
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp Dede’s seven spices
- 1 tbs salt
- 1/2 cup finely chopped tomatoes
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/2 cup corn meal
Directions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mix above ingredients in a bowl for meat spread. Roll dough into 6 inch diameter circles, spead with meat mixture. Serve with yogurt. Sprinkle a baking sheet with corn meal, please meat pies on baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes or until bottom of dough is brown. Serve with DedeMed's Mediterranean/Greek Yogurtand lemon slices.
Lahme bi Ajeen Recipe (flat meat pies)
Ingredients
- dough - see DedeMed's easy dough recipe
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/4 lb ground lamb
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp Dede’s seven spices
- 1 tbs salt
- 1/2 cup finely chopped tomatoes
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/2 cup corn meal
Directions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mix above ingredients in a bowl for meat spread. Roll dough into 6 inch diameter circles, spead with meat mixture. Serve with yogurt. Sprinkle a baking sheet with corn meal, please meat pies on baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes or until bottom of dough is brown. Serve with DedeMed's Mediterranean/Greek Yogurtand lemon slices.
This is a great Mediterranean meat pie recipe that will impress your friends and can be served as an appetizer or main dish. Serve with yogurt or cucumber and tomato salad.
yes my family loves it with lemon squeezed on top and yes mixing in pine nuts is great too :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
it's delicious if you squeeze a bit of lemon on it and you can also use pine nuts with the mixture if you like
By: carolejshaffer
By: carolejshaffer
yes, with my recipe, the meat is fully cooked all the way, nothing to worry about :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
K, one question.. Is the meat being properly cooked when you cook it lyk tht.. Cause My mom is always saying its uncooked even though i luv it tha way it is! ( lol u should see her face when me n my dad eat kubi! Lol well shes frm india n my dads from saudi..) so yeah...
By: ThoughtfulThoughts7
By: ThoughtfulThoughts7
all the meat shrinks, you can fold them over to make them look more appealing. Meat always shrinks when you cook it b/c moisture is released, you did nothing wrong, it's just how meat cooks. Just try pushing the meat out as far as possible when you are spreading it on the dough :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
sahtain! I am so happy that you liked them :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
omg i tried this a week ago and they were awesome!
i has so much dough and meat i figured i may as well make like 2 dozens...and they freeze well once fully baked. bil hana wil sheefa.
By: 20hadia
By: 20hadia
Thanks for the recipe, the dough is good, the meat tastes good too, but my meat shrunk a lot. Where did I go wrong?
By: AlAhzab36
By: AlAhzab36
@yvettemcfarlane that's wonderful Yvette, don't forget to check out my site for the written recipes :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
I'm sure you won't be surprised to hear that we have this in Turkey too.
By: Metsada007
By: Metsada007
there really is no difference in the recipe, just the shape. You can also add ground jalapeno to the meat mix and that tastes great too :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
oh, and btw, hello from falasteen!
By: jasminea123
By: jasminea123
cool...its nice to know the lingo. I'm not a know-it-all on Pali, or for that matter Arab cuisine and such, I've never seen a square (unless custom done) meat pie (and by "meat pie" strictly referring to "lahme bi ajeen")...what is the difference between the two?
By: jasminea123
By: jasminea123
In Lebanon, sfeeha is the square meet pies :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
in Palestine, we call this " sfeeha"
By: jasminea123
By: jasminea123
your husband must be lucky to have you...lol
By: amjadaa
By: amjadaa
hehehe your so funny..
By: theskiizcrying
By: theskiizcrying
In Arabic it means meat with dough :)
THank you for your support, don't forget to check out my site!
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
hi. dedemed your recipes r very succesfull.we called it lahmacun in turkey.but it doesnt have a meaning.
what is lahme bi ajeen mean in arabic?
By: rethy26
By: rethy26
Thank you for your support...it's never to late to make lahme bi ajeen :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
You are one of the best.... Thanks for all those lovely videos.... and by the way, u made me starving at 2:00 a.m. :)))
By: h6alahmad
By: h6alahmad
Damn.... this girl is my dream: Arabian and good at cook!!!! I wonder if sicilians get along with arabs though... probably yes, becaus we're half arbaic too...
By: maxtrip1
By: maxtrip1
correct!
HAPPY COOKING!
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
You can also use the frozen dough if you don't want to make your own dough.
By: ssaah59
By: ssaah59
some great recipes! your videos are great and realy usefull! thanks
i had a question though, when i was in egypt, i had a dish in a lebanese restaurant: it was spinach topped with walnuts and fried onions... just wondering if you know the name of this and how to make it? thanks
By: rekuskid
By: rekuskid
We're on 
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