
Samsa with Meat
Crispy layered samsa with juicy lamb, plenty of onion and fragrant cumin — a homemade take on Uzbek tandoor-baked pastry.
Ingredients
- wheat flour500 g
- water250 ml
- salt8 g
- butter120 g
- lamb600 g
- onion400 g
- lamb tail fat80 g
- ground cumin1 tsp
- black pepper (ground)1 tsp
- egg1 pcs
- sesame seeds1 tbsp
Instructions
Sift the flour, pour in 220 ml water, add 6 g salt and knead into an unleavened, elastic dough. Cover it and let rest for 15 minutes.
Roll the dough out into a very thin sheet, brush evenly with melted butter, roll up tightly into a log, coil it into a spiral, and chill for 30 minutes.
Finely chop the lamb, onion and tail fat with a knife. Add the remaining salt, cumin, black pepper and 30 ml water, mix well and put the filling in the fridge.
Cut the log into 12 pieces. Press each piece cut-side up and roll out into a circle about 15 cm in diameter, without dusting the counter with flour.
Place filling in the center of each circle, bring the edges together and pinch the samsa into a triangle. Arrange the pastries seam-side down on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Beat the egg, brush it over the samsa and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake in an oven preheated to 220°C for 15 minutes, then lower the temperature to 200°C and bake for another 20–25 minutes until golden brown.
Let the finished samsa rest for 5 minutes and serve hot.
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