Broiled Lebanese Style Kefta
From jimrug1 16 years ago
- 8 minutes to make
- Serves 4
Basic Kefta is a very versatile meatball and one of the more popular Lebanese "street foods." It can be broiled or baked plain, or it can be stuffed with pine nuts and baked in a variety of sauces such as Tomato, Tahini, and Yoghurt. Read more For breakfast, my Grandmother would make a Lebanese version of Scotch Eggs by wrapping Kefta around hard boiled eggs and baking them like mini meat loaves. I put 8 minutes as a cooking time but I am not really sure about that. I just grill them until they are brown on the outside and pink in the middle.. See less
Ingredients
- 1 pound finely ground lamb (or lean beef) shopping list
- 1 cup grated or pureed onion shopping list
- 1 cup minced parsley shopping list
- 1/2 Tsp ground cinnamon shopping list
- 1 Tsp salt. shopping list
- 1/4 Tsp fresh ground pepper shopping list
- 1 Recipe tahini Sauce (Posted) shopping list
- 1 Recipe Sumac condiment (Below) shopping list
How to make it
- BASIC KEFTA:
- In a large bowl, spread out meat to expose as much surface as possible. Combine Cinnamon with with salt & pepper. Sprinkle onto meat. Add Parsley, and Onion. Mix well, kneading until the mixture becomes cohesive. Chill for 1 hr. to let flavors blend and to make handling easier.
- Divide into 8 to 10 balls. Thread each ball onto a skewer and mold into a thick finger about 4 inches long but not much more than 1" thick. Grill or broil in oven until done. Or form into 3 - 4 inch tapered footballs and grill on top of charcoal.
- Serve with Arabic Bread, Tahini Sauce and or Sumac condiment.
- Sumac Mixture: Mix 1/3 cup minced Parsley with small Onion slivered into thin crescents. Sprinkle with 1-2 Tbls ground Sumac.
- Toss lightly, spoon over broiled Kefta.
The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
Printing this too, Jim. Lucky me, I got my Sumac yesterday from The Spice House. Perfect timing.
Thanks so much...I'll let you know what I think, of course. =)
lunasea
in Orlando loved it
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Another tasty one Jim! My husband will really enjoy this one. Saved and waiting to make it!
Thanks for another great one.
Denise
grandmommy
in Nashville loved it
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Hey, Jim hon - I am going to be making these this weekend and can't wait. Oh yeah. However, I am totally intrigued by your grandmother's recipe for Lebanese Scotch Eggs. Do you have some guidance or a recipe for those? Pretty please? They sound ...more
lunasea
in Orlando loved it
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