Arayes (Mini Meat Calzones) - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    500 g ground lamb (minced)
    1 large onion, finely chopped
    1 small tomatoes, finely chopped
    2 garlic cloves, crushed
    1 teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon baharat mixed spice, Baharat Spice Blend
    1 cup fresh parsley, chopped
    5 teaspoons lemon juice
    50 g pine nuts, roasted
    5 teaspoons olive oil
    5 flat bread or 5 arabic bread
Preparation
    Pre-heat oven to gas mark 4/350F/180\u00b0C.
    In a large bowl, add in the minced lamb, with the chopped onion and tomato, crushed garlic, salt, spice mix, parsley, lemon juice and toasted pine nuts and mix well.
    Cut bread into quarters.
    Open up the quartered bread pieces and spread a heaped tablespoonful of meat mixture in a thin layer into one side of the bread and press down to close.
    Brush both sides of the bread with oil.
    Place on a baking tray and bake in the centre shelf of the oven for half an hour, turning once after 15 minutes.
    Serve warm with hummus.

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