Middle_Eastern
Middle Eastern - Breads and Pastries
Kubba Halab Flatbread / Pastry
Chef's Menu Description
Flaky, all-butter golden pastry filled with a delicately spiced sweet filling, baked until crisp and aromatic.
Ingredients
- • 2 cups short-grain rice
- • 1/2 cup cornflour
- • 1 tsp salt
- • 300g minced beef
- • 1 onion, finely diced
- • 1 tsp ground allspice
- • 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
- • 3 cups vegetable oil, for deep-frying
Preparation Steps
1
Phase 1
Boil the rice in salted water until very soft, drain, and mash with the cornflour into a smooth sticky dough; cool completely.
2
Phase 2
Brown the onion in a little oil, add the beef, allspice, and 1/2 tsp salt; cook until dry, stir in the walnuts, and cool.
3
Phase 3
With wet hands, press a walnut of rice dough into a thin shell, stuff with the filling, and seal into a smooth torpedo.
4
Phase 4
Refrigerate the kubba 30 minutes until firm.
5
Phase 5
Deep-fry at 180C for 4-5 minutes until crisp and deep golden.
6
Phase 6
Drain and serve hot with pickles.