Kebbe

Name: Kebbe
Yield: Serves 8 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 600 g ground meat; 3 cups fine boulghur; 1 onion; 6-7 basil leaves; 1 tsp mix spices; 1/2 spoon cumin; 1 tsp red pepper paste (optional); Salt; 400 g minced meat; 2 Onions diced; 2 Tbls fried pine nuts; 1 Tbls ghee,or ¼ cup vegetable oil,or olive oil; 1/2 tsp mixed spices; salt

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To get a real taste of traditional Lebanese Food you simply must try kebbeh. Not only is it our national dish, it has been a part of our cultural cuisine for thousands of years and it is absolutely delicious👌

Tripolitan Cuisine @cook_16360859

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Ingredients

Serves 8 people

600 gground meat
3 cupsfine boulghur
1onion
6-7basil leaves
1 tspmix spices
1/2 spooncumin
1 tspred pepper paste (optional)
Salt
Filling/ stuffing quantity
400 gminced meat
2Onions diced
2 Tblsfried pine nuts
1 Tblsghee,or ¼ cup vegetable oil,or olive oil
1/2 tspmixed spices
salt

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Steps

1

Preparation of kebbe dough: Wash boulghur,and drain from water
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Leave aside untill boulghur seeds (doubled in size)
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Grind onion,basil,spices,salt & pepper paste. Add boulghur,mixing well using your hands
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Add ground meat to boulghur. Rub and knead with hands,or with electrical machine, until all ingredients start to form a paste /dough.
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Filling preparation: In a suitable frying pan,add ghee,and onion,stir until they go pale,add meat and spices. Stir all together untill cooked.
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Add fried pine nuts
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Using a spoon,wipe a baking try with little oil or ghee, spread half the quantity of kebbe dough on to the tray.
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Add the filling on to the dough, making sure the hole tray has been equally covered.
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Adding the remaining dough on top of the meat filling.
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Arrange the surface using your fingers or a spoon,untill we get a soft surface.Using a knife tip, cut desired shape/ design.
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Spread, some ghee or oil (as desired)on the top
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Place pine nuts on top of the surface (optional)
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Bake kebbe try on temperature of 350 degrees
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Can be served with traditional vegetable salad,cucumber yogurt sauce or a radish salad.
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Made by:Faten Al Soufi