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Lahmejun - Middle Eastern Spiced Meat Pies is for Lunch.

Lahmejun - Middle Eastern Spiced Meat Pies takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Lahmejun - Middle Eastern Spiced Meat Pies takes 20 minutes to cook.

Lahmejun - Middle Eastern Spiced Meat Pies makes 24 servings.

The ingredients for Lahmejun - Middle Eastern Spiced Meat Pies are:

1 pound ground beef
1/4 cup tomato paste
1/2 onion, finely chopped
Juice of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons allspice
1 tablespoon tamarind paste (available at Middle Eastern and Indian markets)
Lemon wedges for squeezing on top
Pizza crust dough or flour tortillas

Here is how you make Lahmejun - Middle Eastern Spiced Meat Pies:

Divide dough in two and roll out on a floured surface to about 1/8-inch thickness. Cut 3-inch rounds, stacking them between layers of wax paper. Roll and cut remaining dough.Combine all ingredients except lemon wedges in a bowl.Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spread a heaping tablespoon of meat mixture on each dough round, spreading until it's a very thin layer, all the way to the edge: meat mixture will shrink during baking. (Once assembled, pies can be frozen, stacked in wax paper, and then baked directly from freezer.)Arrange pies on 2 lightly oiled baking sheets. Bake 20 minutes, rotating pans halfway through baking. Serve hot, squeezing lemon on top.Number of Servings: 24Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WAZAROO.

The nutritional information for Lahmejun - Middle Eastern Spiced Meat Pies is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 24
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 208.6

• Total Fat: 8.4 g
• Cholesterol: 14.2 mg
• Sodium: 551.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 27.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.2 g
• Protein: 7.6 g