Cheese Hand-Pie Filling
Olive oil pairing: Harissa infused olive oil

Beef Hand-Pie Filling
Vinegar pairing: Pomegranate dark balsamic vinegar

Recipes: Emailed 1 week before your cooking class

Ingredients: If you are interested in a vegetarian option or other adaptions just email us at info@inmykitchen.ca

Technology: Connect to your host on zoom using your computer, tablet or mobile device. Your zoom link will be sent to you the day before your cooking class.

Class Involvement: We love to hear from you, so please chime in with questions. Public classes have 4-20 participants, to ensure everyone is able to ask questions. Private cooking events can have up to 497

Classes require a minimum of 4 connections to be held.

Event Duration: 1.5 hours

Prep Time: 10 minutes
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Ingredient List
Makes 16 small hand pies

The Pastry:

4 Cup sifted cake and pastry flour
2.5 tsp baking powder
1.5 tsp sea salt
1.5 cup butter, room temperature or slightly chilled
2 egg
1.5 Tbsp white vinegar
2.5 Tbsp cold water (may need more)
1 egg (egg wash)

We have separated out the below ingredient lists as you will want to portion them out separately for each filling.

Cheese Filling

1 red onion
2 garlic cloves
4 Tbsp Harissa infused olive oil (or regular extra virgin olive oil)
1/2 C full-fat, Greek-style thick yogurt
2 Tbsp *za'atar
1/2 C cherry tomatoes
1 1/2 C crumbled feta cheese
Sea salt and pepper

Beef Filling (Sfeehas or Fatayer)

1 red onion
2 garlic cloves
1/4 C extra virgin olive oil
1/2 lb extra-lean ground beef
2 Tbsp **Aleppo spice
1/4 C Pomegranate dark balsamic vinegar (or regular balsamic vinegar)
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 C full-fat, Greek-style thick yogurt
1/4 C tahini
sea salt and cracked black pepper

*Za-atar is a common Middle Eastern spice found in many grocers and your local Persian / Middle Eastern Grocer.
** Aleppo spice is a seven spice blend common in Middle Eastern cooking, it is also referred to as Bharat spice.

In My Kitchen provides an Olive Oil, Vinegar and Spices Box for this cooking class. If you are interested please email us 1 week before your cooking class. info@inmykitchen.ca boxes are $15..

Kitchen Equipment:
Large mixing bowl
Small mixing bowl
Whisk
2 knives (to cut butter into flour)
Measuring cups
Fork
Spatula
Rolling pin
Pizza cutter or sharp knife (to trim rolled out dough)
2 Baking sheets covered with parchment paper
Pastry brush or spoon
2 med size fry pans (to cook the fillings at the same time but separately)

What to Prep in Advance:
Have your ingredients measured out and ready to go.

Butter at room temperature

Please note we do not offer refunds, but we do provide a full credit if you need to cancel.

If you cancel two weeks before your cooking class you will receive a full credit, which you can apply to another cooking class. After that, for in-person classes you may send someone else in your place (we ask you to notify us in advance if you're doing this). For online cooking classes you are welcome to transfer your spot to someone else. In the rare event that an instructor needs to cancel last minute, guests will receive a full refund. We do not otherwise offer refunds.