Manti (Turkish Ravioli)
Turkish manti dumplings. Homemade pasta filled with a spicy ground beef mixture, cooked and topped with garlicky yogurt and butter sauce.
- Prep time
- 1 hr 15 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup flour
- 1 medium egg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup water (lukewarm )
- 200 g ground beef (90% lean)
- 1 medium onion (chopped finely)
- ¼ bunch parsley (chopped finely)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
- 1 teaspoon pepper paste
- 1 cup yogurt
- 2 cloves garlic (mashed)
- pinch salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon dried mint
- 4 cups water to ( boil dumplings)
Instructions
- 1
Make the dough by combining flour, eggs, salt and water until everything holds together. Knead it for 5-10 minutes. It won't be a very soft dough.
- 2
Knead it well until you have a not very soft dough. You can add extra water or flour to have this result. Cover it with a damp kitchen towel and let it rest for 30 minutes.
- 3
Prepare the filling. In a medium bowl, combine ground meat, finely chopped onions, parsley, salt and pepper. Put it aside.
- 4
Sift a little flour on the counter. Grab the dough ball and roll it out, not very thin, about 2mm thick.
- 5
Cut it first into strips, then into small squares.
- 6
Place about 1/2 teaspoon filling on each square.
- 7
Close them up patiently. First fold the tiny square into two and seal all the opposite corners of the dough in the center. Put them on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- 8
Heat 4 cups of water in a pot, add in a pinch of salt and a drop of oil. Bring it to boil. Add in the dumplings and let it simmer until tender, for 10-12 minutes.
- 9
Transfer them into bowls with a slotted spoon.
- 10
For the yogurt sauce, mix yogurt, salt and garlic.
- 11
For the butter and oil sauce, melt butter and add in olive oil. Add in dried mint and red pepper flakes or paprika, stir. Take it after about 20 seconds.
- 12
To serve, pour some yogurt sauce on the dumplings and drizzle a little oil sauce over it before serving.