Yabrak

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 247.6
  • Total Fat: 9.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 102.2 mg
  • Sodium: 90.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 16.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.1 g
  • Protein: 22.3 g

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Introduction

Jewish Tunisian meatballs wrapped in lettuce leaves and cooked in a light tomato sauce. Serve with rice. Jewish Tunisian meatballs wrapped in lettuce leaves and cooked in a light tomato sauce. Serve with rice.
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    20 inner leaf Romaine Lettuce (salad)
    17.6 oz 93% Lean Ground Beef
    300 grams Onions, raw
    8 clove Garlic
    10 sprigs Parsley
    3 tbsp Cilantro, raw
    15 grams Dill weed, fresh
    12 leaves mint
    80 grams White Rice, medium grain
    2 medium Egg, fresh, whole, raw
    6 medium whole (2-3/5" dia) Red Ripe Tomatoes (skinned, seeded and chopped)
    1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
    salt and pepper

Directions

Briefly blanch the lettuce leaves.
Chop all the herbs.
Meatballs :
Grate the onions, press 6 cloves of garlic, mix with the ground beef, salt and pepper. Add the herbs, rice, and eggs. Mix thoroughly.
Shape 20 meatballs out of the mixture. Wrap them in a lettuce leaf.

Tomato sauce :
Heat the olive oil, add the garlic and chopped tomatoes. Add the meatballs close together. Pour water right up to the top of the meatballs. Simmer for 40 minutes.


Serving Size: Serves 6-8

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ATCHOUM.