Beef Arayes Lebanese Meat-Stuffed Pita

🧂 Ingredients

• 4 tbsp Olive oil
• 2 Onions

  chopped
• Salt & Black Pepper
• 6 Garlic cloves

  minced
• 1 1/2 tsp Caraway seeds

  crushed
• 1 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds

  crushed
• 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Chile flakes
• 2 tsp Tomato paste
• 2 Plum tomatoes

  grated, skins discarded
• 350 g Minced beef
• 1 1/4 cups Cilantro
• 4 Pita
• 3 tsp Butter
• 1 Lemon

  cut into wedges
• 2 tbsp Tahini

Instructions

• 1 Put 2 tbsp of oil into a large skillet and place over medium heat. Add onions
  and 1/2 tsp salt and cook for 7-8 minutes, stirring often until golden brown.
• 2 Add the garlic, spices and tomato paste and cook for an additional minute. Stir
  in the plum tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes, until they've completely broken
  down and the mixture has thickened. Remove from heat and let cool.
• 3 Transfer the mix to a a medium bowl along with minced beef, cilantro, 1 tsp salt
  and black pepper to taste. Mix well and set aside.
• 4 Preheat oven to 400 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• 5 Using a serrated knife, cut the pitas in half and fill each pocket with about
  1/4 cup of the meat mixture, flattening it out so it fills the pita evenly.
• 6 Put 1 1/2 tsp butter and 1 tbsp oil in a large skillet and place over medium
  high heat or a grill. Add two of the sandwiches and cook for 3 minutes, flipping
  after a minute, until both sides have browned.
• 7 Transfer to prepared baking sheet. Continue process with remaining sandwiches.
• 8 Once they are all pan-fried, transfer the baking sheet to the oven and bake for
  7 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool for 5 minutes.
• 9 Serve warm with lemon wedges and tahini sauce.

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