Middle_Eastern
Middle Eastern - Mezze and Starters
Harees Mezze Starter
Chef's Menu Description
Flaky, all-butter golden pastry filled with a delicately spiced sweet filling, baked until crisp and aromatic.
Ingredients
- • 1 cup fine bulgur wheat
- • 400g finely minced lamb
- • 1 onion, grated
- • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- • 1/2 tsp ground allspice
- • 1 tsp salt
- • 2 tbsp pine nuts
- • 1 tbsp butter
- • 4 cups vegetable oil, for deep-frying
Preparation Steps
1
Phase 1
Rinse the bulgur, soak in cold water for 15 minutes, and squeeze out the moisture.
2
Phase 2
Knead 300g of the lamb with the bulgur, half the grated onion, the cinnamon, allspice, and salt into a smooth paste, then chill.
3
Phase 3
Brown the remaining lamb and onion in the butter with the pine nuts, then cool.
4
Phase 4
With wet hands, form the paste into ovals, hollow them, enclose a spoonful of filling, and close into torpedo shapes.
5
Phase 5
Refrigerate the kibbeh for 20 minutes to firm up.
6
Phase 6
Deep-fry at 180C until deep golden brown and drain on kitchen roll.
7
Phase 7
Serve warm with yogurt or tahini sauce.