{"id":20093,"date":"2020-02-11T14:28:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T13:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bistrobadia.de\/sfiha-libanesische-hackfleischtaschen\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T11:18:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T10:18:39","slug":"sfiha-lebanese-mince-pies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bistrobadia.de\/en\/sfiha-lebanese-mince-pies\/","title":{"rendered":"Sfiha – Lebanese minced meat pockets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No birthday, no buffet and generally no celebration or party without Sfiha<\/strong>! These delicious little minced meat pockets<\/strong> with “built-in pine nut turbo” are the absolute classic when it comes to finger food<\/strong> in Lebanese cuisine. Small, handy and super tasty filled. The recipe is simple and quick to make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The perfect finger food!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before we start with my childhood story, I want to go straight to your question: What are sfiha? Sfiha are small Lebanese minced meat pockets or minced meat pies. The small pockets are open at the top and you can see directly that besides the minced meat, roasted pine nuts are also hidden in the delicious filling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The little sfiha mince pouches are really the perfect finger food and suitable for any buffet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine you’re a kid and you start to realize that on a certain day of the year it’s all about you, and all of a sudden friends and relatives are standing around wanting to give you a smooch. What do you do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s right, you run to mom, hide behind her, and get something yummy shoved in her mouth while she keeps the guests away from you (or greets them … I’m not so sure anymore).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In our house, for birthdays, a big table was always set with all kinds of little things, such as hummus<\/a>, labneh<\/a>, kibbeh<\/a> and fattoush<\/a>. That was my first conscious encounter with sfiha, my first great food love …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The little mince pies are extremely popular with my whole family. Everyone likes them and they are even pretty simple and relatively quick to make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My mother still always makes the dough herself. But if you are in a particular hurry and the party buffet needs to be filled quickly, you can of course save some time with purchased yeast dough<\/strong>. But honestly: bought dough is never as good as homemade dough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sfiha can be prepared a day in advance or directly and served the next day as part of a mezze or buffet. I always recommend a small piece of lemon with the spicy minced meat pockets. If you add a few drops of lemon juice, they taste even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, sfiha are the counterpart to spinach pockets<\/a>, which are also perfect as finger food at any party buffet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wish you already a lot of fun trying and of course a good appetite!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recipe for Sfiha<\/h3>\n\n\n
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