Baked Lamb or Beef Kafta
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- Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients
3/4 pound lean ground lamb, beef or turkey1/2 cup onions chopped fine3 clove garlic large, minced 1 teaspoon mint dried, or 3T fresh 1 teaspoon cumin ground 1/2 teaspoon coriander ground 1/2 cup parsley fresh chopped 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1/2 teaspoon salt Optional for a sandwich1 head lettuce tomato chopped yogurt plain, nonfat preferably cucumber chopped pita bread
Combine all ingredients. Using wet fingers roll into balls about 1 1/2 oz each. Or use an ice cream scoop type portioner or 1/4 cup measure. Bake on a sheet pan in a 375 degree oven for 10-15 minutes.
Makes 6 meatballs.
Grill instructions: Thread a skewer through each meatball and mold the mixture into a long finger shape along the skewer. Grill or broil gently careful not to overcook so it will not be dry. Remove from skewers with Lebanese pita. Serve with, tomatoes, lettuce, yogurt on top of the Kafta as you wrap it all inside the Pita.
Best way to eat: buy soft pita bread (preferably thin, from Middle Eastern bakery/shop). Buy plain yogurt/nonfat. Cut a piece of bread from the pita so that you can roll the bread around the Kafta (as in a blanket). Add tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce and a generous helping of yogurt on top of the Kafta and eat all together like you would eat a soft tortilla shell.
Two Pound Recipe - 15 kafta
2 # ground meat
1 1/4 cup onions
8 cloves garlic
7 1/2 T mint or over 2/3 cup
2 1/2 t cumin
1 1/4 t corriander
1 1/4 cup parsley
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
Makes 6 meatballs.
Grill instructions: Thread a skewer through each meatball and mold the mixture into a long finger shape along the skewer. Grill or broil gently careful not to overcook so it will not be dry. Remove from skewers with Lebanese pita. Serve with, tomatoes, lettuce, yogurt on top of the Kafta as you wrap it all inside the Pita.
Best way to eat: buy soft pita bread (preferably thin, from Middle Eastern bakery/shop). Buy plain yogurt/nonfat. Cut a piece of bread from the pita so that you can roll the bread around the Kafta (as in a blanket). Add tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce and a generous helping of yogurt on top of the Kafta and eat all together like you would eat a soft tortilla shell.
Two Pound Recipe - 15 kafta
2 # ground meat
1 1/4 cup onions
8 cloves garlic
7 1/2 T mint or over 2/3 cup
2 1/2 t cumin
1 1/4 t corriander
1 1/4 cup parsley
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 65.2
- Total Fat: 4.3 g
- Cholesterol: 17.5 mg
- Sodium: 115.2 mg
- Total Carbs: 1.1 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.2 g
- Protein: 5.5 g
Member Reviews
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BONMARCHE
The flavor is so close to the flavors of my favorite Mediterranean restaurant, that we may never have to go there again! I made one batch as is and another with some finely chopped preserved lemon rind. We loved the original, but the lemon one was even better! This will definitely be a keeper. - 3/16/12