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Baked Kibbeh Tray with Spiced Lamb Filling

Name: Baked Kibbeh Tray with Spiced Lamb Filling
Total time: 3 h 5 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Levantine
Ingredients: 525 g fine burghul (bulgur); 1000 g lean lamb leg, trimmed of all fat and sinew, cubed; 1 large onion, roughly chopped; 3 tsp salt; 1 tsp black pepper, freshly ground; 1 tsp ground allspice; 125 ml iced water, or ice chips; 60 g ghee; 2 onions, finely chopped; 40 g pine nuts; 250 g coarsely ground lamb; salt, to taste; black pepper, freshly ground, to taste; ¼ tsp ground cinnamon; 185 ml ghee, melted; 2 tbsp pine nuts, for the top

Two layers of lamb and burghul paste sandwich a filling of onion, pine nuts and cinnamon-spiced lamb. Scored into diamonds and baked in clarified butter, it is Lebanon's best-loved kibbeh.

Yield8 servings
Hands-on1 h 20 min
Total3 h 5 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Kibbeh

525 gfine burghul (bulgur)
1000 glean lamb leg, trimmed of all fat and sinew, cubed
1large onion, roughly chopped
3 tspsalt
1 tspblack pepper, freshly ground
1 tspground allspice
125 mliced water, or ice chips

Filling

60 gghee
2onions, finely chopped
40 gpine nuts
250 gcoarsely ground lamb
to tastesalt
to tasteblack pepper, freshly ground
¼ tspground cinnamon

To finish

185 mlghee, melted
2 tbsppine nuts, for the topoptional

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Tree nuts
Pine nut
Wheat
Onion family (any)
Onion
Black and white pepper
Allspice
Cinnamon
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Lamb and mutton

Taste

Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Equipment

Oven
Food processor

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weekend project

Effort

45–90 min active
Over 3 hours total
Difficulty 4
Make-ahead friendly
Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: high
Protein: high
Carbs: high
Fat: high
Fiber: high
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: moderate

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Method

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