Mante

Country : Armenia

1 kg flour, sieved

2 eggs, beaten

1 cup oil

Water, as needed

1 ½ kg ground beef

4 large onions

Salt and pepper to taste

750 g butter, melted

1 kg yoghurt

4 garlic cloves

Sumac, to taste

4 cups chicken broth

-   Place the flour on the counter and make a hole in the centre.

-   Add eggs and oil in the hole and work from the inside out into a dough. Add some water if needed.

-   Mix ground beef, onions, salt and pepper and shape into meatballs.

-   Roll out dough to 1 cm thickness and cut into 2 x 2 cm squares.

-   Centre a meat ball onto each square and press the sides of the square together to enclose the meatballs.

-   Arrange mante on a greased sheet tray and pour warm butter over them.

-   Bake for 30 minutes in a medium oven.

-   Mix yoghurt with garlic and sumac.

-   Serve in chicken broth and top with yoghurt mixture.