Romanian Meat Pie (Placinta cu Carne)

Biggest Domestic Threat Is Lone Attackers Self-Radicalized Online: FBI Director

FBI Director Christopher Wray told a House panel on national security threats that no single organization or ideological affiliation represents the biggest risk but, instead, it is individuals who self-radicalize online and carry out attacks that pose the most serious threat to the homeland. At Thursday’s hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee, Wray was asked by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) whether the greatest domestic threat to homeland security was posed by right-wing or left-wing extremism. Wray responded by saying the biggest danger comes from people who become radicalized online and then carry out lone-wolf attacks against poorly defended targets. “We assess that the greatest threat to the homeland, to us here domestically, is not one organization, certainly not one ideology, but rather lone actors largely self-radicalized online who pursue…

Romanian Meat Pie (Placinta cu Carne)

Makes one 9-by-11-inch pie

For the Dough

2 1/4 cups (10 ounces) all-purpose flour
2/3 cup lukewarm milk
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 medium egg
1 (1/4-ounce) packet (2 1/4 teaspoons) active dry yeast聽
1 teaspoon salt

For the Filling

Vegetable or sunflower oil, for frying
2 onions, sliced聽
2 1/4 pounds ground beef聽
12 ounces mushrooms, roughly sliced聽
7 ounces tomato puree (passata)
2 teaspoons sweet paprika
2 large eggs, beaten
1 bunch fresh parsley, finely chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper聽

For the Glaze聽

1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon plain yogurt聽

Make the dough: In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients together and knead for a few minutes. Cover the bowl and set in a warm place for 1 hour.聽

Make the filling: Cover the bottom of a frying pan with a thin layer of oil, and cook the onions over medium heat for about 5 to 8 minutes. Add the ground beef and cook until browned, then add the mushrooms, passata, and paprika. Simmer until the mixture is reduced and thickened. Set aside to cool, then add the eggs, parsley, and salt and pepper and stir well to combine.聽

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9-by-11-inch nonstick baking dish.

Lightly flour a work surface and divide the dough into two. Roll out both halves to roughly the same shape as the baking dish鈥攜ou don鈥檛 have to be precise. Place one sheet of dough into the dish and stretch it, using your fingers, to cover the base and sides of the dish.

Spoon the filling onto the dough, distributing it evenly. Place the second dough sheet on top of the filling, ensuring that it covers the filling by gently stretching it with your fingers. Brush the top of the dough generously with the egg mixture.

Bake for 30 minutes, then leave to cool in the baking dish on a wire rack before turning out onto a chopping board. Trim the edges, then slice into long, wide strips. Each slice can be cut into three rectangular pieces, if preferred.

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Barr Defends His Power to Overrule Decisions Made by Lower-Ranking Prosecutors

Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday defended his authority to overrule prosecutorial decisions made by career prosecutors at the Justice Department (DOJ), while describing some of those lawyers as “headhunters” who are too consumed with taking down high-profile targets. “The notion that line prosecutors should make the final decisions within the Department of Justice is completely wrong and it is antithetical to the basic values underlying our system,” Barr said, according to prepared remarks for a speech delivered at Hillsdale College’s annual Constitution Day Celebration on Wednesday night. “Name one successful organization or institution where the lowest level employees’ decisions are deemed sacrosanct. There aren’t any,” he added. Barr has been criticized for decisions to intervene in politically sensitive high-profile cases involving associates of President Donald Trump, such as former…