Turkish Pastry Dough

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm milk
• 1 tablespoon yeast
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/3 cup yogurt
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Method for preparing the meat filling:
• Sauté the minced meat in a little oil with a large chopped onion, chopped hot green pepper, and grated carrot until the ingredients soften
• Method for preparing the cheese filling:
• This Turkish pastry dough recipe is from a friend and chef on ShowTabkhinToday:
• Batoul Habhab
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• For more pastry recipes, here is how to make sfiha at this link: How to make Baalbek-style sfiha

Method

1. Place the yeast and sugar in the milk and leave for ten minutes until the yeast becomes active
2. Add the remaining ingredients and knead well until the dough comes together. Let it rest for one hour
3. Divide the dough into balls. Roll them out and fill them with different fillings as desired. Seal the dough over the filling and shape as you like
4. Brown the dough in a hot pan without oil, flipping to brown on both sides
5. Add 1 small teaspoon paprika and 1 small teaspoon turmeric, plus 1 small teaspoon tomato paste or sweet pepper paste. Add a little chopped parsley, salt, and black pepper to taste
6. Stir the meat filling briefly, remove from the heat before it dries out or the meat loses its juiciness. Wait until it cools before filling the dough with it
7. Mix grated feta, mozzarella, and akawi cheese. Add a little chopped parsley and some nigella seeds (black seed)