Beliashi

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup lukewarm milk
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 3/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 3 -4 tablespoons butter
• 2 -3 tablespoons oil

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl soften yeast in 1/4 cup of the lukewarm milk with the sugar. let it stand a few minutes, stir to dissolve completely; set it aside for 5-8 minutes till it's foamy.
• 2 pour flour into a deep mixing bowl & make a well in it. pour the yeast mix & remaining flour into the well and mix well, beating vigorously till a stiff dough forms.
• 3 remove dough to lightly floured board and knead about 10 minutes till dough is smooth & elastic.
• 4 place in buttered bowl, cover with towel & allow to rise about 45 minutes or until dough doubles in bulk.
• 5 the filling.
• 6 combine beef, onions, salt & pepper and mix well.
• 7 assembly:.
• 8 on lightly floured board roll out dough to 1/8" thickness & cut out 16 circles with a 4-1/2 inch cookie cutter.
• 9 place 5 teaspoons of filling on each circle & moisten the edges with cold water.
• 10 fold up all edges of the dough, enclosing the filling & making a flat, round cake.
• 11 heat oven to 250 degrees.
• 12 in a 10 to 12 inch heavy skillet set over high heat melt 3 tablespoons butter in 2 tablespoons oil till hazy;.
• 13 add half of the flat cakes & cover the pan.
• 14 reduce heat to moderate and cook cakes about 10 minutes on each side and are crisp & brown.
• 15 transfer to ovenproof platter and keep warm while you cook the other half of the cakes, adding remaining butter & oil to pan if needed.
• 16 serve at once.