Esfirra (Sfiha) is a popular Syrian-Lebanese dish incorporated into Brazillian cuisine. During the Ottoman Empire's rule in the first half of the XX century, immigrants from the Levant region, currently Lebanon and Syria, fled to Brazil, bringing various traditional dishes, such as the sfiha and kibe. In 1920, the Brazilian census accounted for more than fifty thousand Syrian and Lebanese living in Brazil.

Initially, the appetiser consists of flatbread cooked with a minced lamb topping flavoured with parsley, onion, tomato, pine nuts, and spices. Due to the lack of lamb and an abundance of beef, the Brazilian version is commonly stuffed with the latter. This appetiser has two main variations, an open sfiha and a closed one, just like the product picture.