Safiha (Mini Meat Pies)

Ingredients

•  1 packet puff pastry sheets, thawed

• 1 pound ground lamp or beef

•  1 small onion, finely chopped

•  3 tablespoons tahini

•  3 tablespoons pomegranate molasses

•  1/4 cup pine nuts (optional)

•  Ground black pepper to taste

•  1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste

Preparation Method

•  Preheat oven to 400F.

•  Saute the onion until translucent then add the meat and brown. Add salt, pepper, tahini, and pomegranate molasses and cook for two minutes.

•  Meanwhile spread the pastry sheet until it is 9″*12″ and cut into 12 squares.

•  Put the squares in a 12 muffin pan (there should be 24 pieces of dough that you can make in 2 patches since puff pastry comes with two sheets).

•  Distribute meat mixture over the dough, and garnish each with 2-3 pine nuts.

•  Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes, until edges are pink

•  Bake and serve.

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