LEBANON
Kibbeh
30 min
4 servings
Medium
Kibbeh is known as the national dish of Lebanon. It consists of a mixture of minced meat and dough, which you fill with onions, pine nuts and meat. Although the croquette-like oval shape implies something else, the word 'kibbeh' is derived from the Arabic 'kubbah', meaning ball. Note: do not use normal bulgur from a regular supermarket for this recipe, but a finer variant (available at the Turkish or Asian supermarket).
Prep time: 30 minutes
Oven time: 60 minutes
Preparation method
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
Step 1: Prepare the meat mixture
Wash the uncooked bulgur in a sieve with cold water.
Chop the onion and finely grind it in a food processor.
Add the bulgur, minced meat, onion, black pepper, cinnamon and salt to taste and mix together.
Then add a little bit of cold water and make a ball of the mixture.
Step 2: Prepare the filling
Melt the butter over low heat
Chop the onion and fry it in the pan with the butter.
Once the onion is translucent, add the pine nuts. Stir frequently until the pine nuts are brown.
Add the minced meat and turn up the heat.
Add the black pepper and cinnamon while stirring.
Once the minced meat is cooked, remove the pan from the heat and let the mixture cool.
Step 3. Make the Kibbeh
Take a little bit of dough and roll it into a ball with a diameter of 4 cm.
Press a hole in the ball with your fingers and fill it with about 1 tbsp of the filling.
Close the ball and shape it into an oval kibbeh. Repeat these steps until the ingredients are all used
Bake the Kibbeh it in the oven at 180 degrees for about 60 minutes until the kibbeh is browned.
أتمنى لك وجبة شهية ('Enjoy your meal!')
The Lebanese cuisine is very refined and has many characteristic dishes. Reine tells you more about the traditional eating and drinking traditions of this country.
Ingredients
mincemeat mixture
500 grams of minced beef
380 grams fine bulgur (available at the toko)
1 large white onion
0.5 tsp black pepper
1 tsp cinnamon
Salt to taste
Filling
300 grams of minced beef
1 large white onion
25 grams of pine nuts
2 tbsp butter
0.5 tsp black pepper
0.5 tsp cinnamon
Delicious with (optional):
tzatziki
tahini sauce
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