LEBANESE KEBBE

LEBANESE KEBBE image

Yield 15

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 pound minced meat( three times in meat mincer until soft like cream)
11/2 cups bulgur ( no#1)
1 big onion
salt, pepper, cumin, cinnamon
vegetable oil or butter
Filling
1/2 pound minced meat
3 big onions minced
1/4 cup pine nuts
2 tablespoons pomegranate molasses( optional)
2 tablespoons sum-mac ( optional)
4 tablespoons vegetable oil

Steps:

Make filling by frying onion and meat with the spices until well cooked. Fry pine nuts in one tablespoon oil and add to filling Let it cool Kebbe: Wash bulgur in water, squeeze water out and let rest for around half an hour Put minced meat, bulgur onion and spices in blender and mix until you have a dough, if too tough you can add water Take dough out of machine and knead with hand until it is easy to work with. put around 3 tablespoons vegetable oil in bottom of round pan ( 35-45 cm )spread ha;f of kebbe dough on bottom, then the filling and then the rest of kebbe. cut kebbee in squares or diamond shape pattern. Add 4 tablespoons oil to it and bake in 350 degree oven until cooked brown around the edges ( 30 minutes ) broil it until cooked red and sever. You can serve it with salad, Muhammara, or yougurt.