Meat Sambusa

Spring roll wrappers are stuffed with a seasoned beef and pine nut mixture and wrapped into triangular sambusa to make this meaty appetizer.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 31 mins
• Total Time: 56 mins
• Calories: 94 Calories

Ingredients

• ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
• 5 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 small onion, chopped
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• ½ pound ground beef
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 5 (12-inch) spring roll wrappers

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Step 2

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add pine nuts; cook and stir until lightly toasted, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate with a slotted spoon.

Step 3

Heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in the same skillet over medium heat. Add beef; cook, stirring to break up clumps, until no longer pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in onion; cook and stir until tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat; season with cinnamon, allspice, salt, and pepper. Stir in pine nuts.

Step 4

Cut each spring roll wrapper into three 12x4-inch rectangles. Brush each rectangle lightly with melted butter.

Step 5

Place a heaping teaspoonful of the beef mixture near the short end of 1 rectangle. Fold 1 corner over to enclose the filling and form a triangle. Continue to fold until the rectangle has been folded into a triangular packet, sealing any holes to prevent filling from oozing out. Dab cold water on the outside fold to seal sambusa closed.

Step 6

Repeat with remaining spring roll rectangles and beef mixture. Arrange sambusa on the prepared baking sheet.

Step 7

Bake in the preheated oven until crisp and golden, about 25 minutes.