Mantee as served by Marouch Restaurant, located in Santa Monica, California, as seen on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, season 37.
Recipe courtesy of Marouch Restaurant

Mante

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  • Level: Intermediate
  • Total: 2 hr 55 min (includes resting time)
  • Active: 50 min
  • Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

Dough:

Filling:

Tomato Garlic Sauce:

Garlic Yogurt Sauce:

Directions

  1. For the dough: Mix the flour, water, salt and egg together in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and a towel. Let rest at room temperature for 2 hours.
  2. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin, the thinner the better. Use a pizza cutter and cut the dough into 2-inch squares.
  3. For the filling: Mix together the beef, paprika, pepper, salt and onion by hand for 3 minutes. Place small chunks of filling into the pieces of dough. Grab the 4 edges of a piece of dough and bring together, then pinch on top to seal. Continue with the remaining dough and filling.
  4. Fill a saucepan about halfway up with water and bring to a boil. Using a skimmer, place the mantes into the boiling water for 2 minutes.
  5. For the tomato garlic sauce: Mix the olive oil, garlic, mint, red pepper paste, tomato paste, salt and 1/4 cup water in a bowl. Add to a saute pan and heat up.
  6. Using a skimmer, remove the mantes from the boiling water and add to the saute pan with the tomato garlic sauce. Gently mix for 1 minute.
  7. For the garlic yogurt sauce: Mix together the yogurt, garlic and salt in a bowl. Add the mantes from the tomato garlic sauce to the garlic yogurt sauce using a large spoon. Mantes can be paired with rice pilaf or be served on their own.