Homemade Baked Manti

This classic and tasty Turkish delight is an easy-to-make dish for your family dinner! Happy cooking!

• Difficulty: Medium
• Category: Floury Things, Main Dishes, Meat
• Cuisine: Turkish

Ingredients

For the Dough

• 500 g Flour
• 1 Egg
• 200 ml Water
• 2 tsp Salt

For the Filling

• 400 g Minced meat
• 1 Onion (Chopped)
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tbsp Olive oil
• 1 Bay leaf (Cut)

For the Sauce

• 2 tbsp Tomato puree
• 2 tbsp Tomato paste
• 2 tbsp Butter
• 400 ml Water
• 1 tsp Black pepper
• 2 tsp Mint
• 1 tsp Thyme

Instructions

For the Dough

1. Mix egg, salt and water in a large bowl. Add 400g of flour on top slowly while you keep kneading the dough.
2. Finally add the last 100g of flour and keep kneading until you get a dough which is not sticky.
3. Cover the bowl and leave it on the counter while you prepare the filling.

For the Filling

4. Place the minced meat, chopped onion and olive oil on a pan.
5. Cook the minced meat in high temperature while you keep stirring.
6. Cook it until the color of the meat turns into dark brown.
7. Add the salt and cook for one more minute. Then take the pan off the burner and let it cool down on the counter.

For Manti

8. Take the dough you prepared and divide in half.
9. Place the first half on the counter you sprinkled with flour.
10. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin. Keep sprinkling some flour and flip the dough from time to time so that the dough won't stick on the counter.
11. When you achieve 2-3 mm thickness, cut the dough into small squares with the help of a knife or a dough cutter. (3cmx3cm squares)
12. Place half a tsp of the filling meat at the center of every square.
13. Close the squares by squeezing only the corners together. The middle part will stay open.
14. Repeat this process for the other half of the dough.
15. Place the manti you prepared on an oiled baking tray by starting from the center.
16. Preheat the oven at 180°C. (fan mode on)
17. Bake the manti for 20 minutes. While waiting for this, you can start with the sauce.

For the Sauce

18. Place the tomato paste, tomato puree and butter on a sauce pan.
19. Heat it up until butter and the paste blends together.
20. When the mixture starts to boil, add the spices and water on top and keep stirring for 1-2 minutes.
21. Then take it off the burner and let it rest until the manti is ready for its sauce.

For the Final Step

22. After 20 minutes of baking, the manti out but leave the oven on. Place the tray on the counter. Pour the sauce on top evenly.
23. Place the tray back into the oven and bake 10 more minutes until the water of the sauce evaporates.
24. You can serve it with garlic yoghurt and melted butter.
25. Bon appetit!