Manti

Caramanli

INGREDIENTS for 4-6 people

1/2 kg minced beef

1 large onion

2 tablespoons tomato sauce

1 cup oil

1 cup chicken broth

salt - pepper

For the dough:

1cup milk

1/2 packet baking powder

2 eggs

1 cup oil

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 kg flour

DIRECTIONS

Chop the onion and sauté in a saucepan.Add the minced beef while stirring constantly, to prevent it from sticking to the pan.When the meat is ready (approximately ten minutes), add salt, pepper and the tomato sauce. Let it boil for 5 minutes, then remove it from the stove wait for it to cool down.

Put the milk, oil, eggs, baking powder and the salt in a bowl and mix gently. Gradually add the flour to the mix until the dough is soft and let it rest for half an hour.

Roll out the dough in sheets with a rolling pin and cut them in small squares.Add a spoonful of the filling in each square sheet and close it with your fingers, linking the 4 edges together of the top to form a pouch. Grease a baking tray with oil and put the manti in the tray.

Bake in the oven at 200 degrees for 30 minutes.Once removed from the oven, pour the chicken broth over the manti and cover them with a towel to soak up the broth. Serve with yogurt.

Editing & photoshoot :
Stella Spanou
Author of Cooking Books, Award Winning Photographer