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Lamb Dumplings with Garlic Yogurt

Name: Lamb Dumplings with Garlic Yogurt
Total time: 1 h 27 min
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 (about 50 small dumplings)
Cuisine: Levantine
Ingredients: 300 g bread (strong) flour, or all-purpose flour; 2 tbsp olive oil; ½ tsp salt; 140 ml water, cool; 170 g ground lamb or beef, or a mix of the two; ½ onion, finely grated; 2 tsp olive oil; ½ tsp salt; ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper; ¼ tsp ground cumin; 250 g plain yogurt; 1 clove garlic, crushed to a paste; ½ tsp salt; 1 tsp dill seed, or a very small bunch of fresh dill or cilantro; ½ tsp salt; 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded; 250 g ripe tomatoes, about 2 medium, or a pint of cherry tomatoes, quartered; 1 tsp fresh lemon juice; salt, for the cooking water, to taste; 1 tbsp olive oil, for the cooking water; 35 g pine nuts, toasted (about 1/4 cup)

Tiny cumin-scented lamb dumplings, boiled and set on cool garlic yogurt, then topped with a sharp fresh tomato and jalapeno relish and toasted pine nuts. A cross between shushbarak and manti.

YieldServes 4 to 6 (about 50 small dumplings)
Hands-on1 h 5 min
Total1 h 27 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Dough

300 gbread (strong) flour, or all-purpose flour
2 tbspolive oil
½ tspsalt
140 mlwater, cool

Filling

170 gground lamb or beef, or a mix of the two
½onion, finely grated
2 tspolive oil
½ tspsalt
¼ tspfreshly ground black pepper
¼ tspground cumin

Garlic yogurt

250 gplain yogurt
1 clovegarlic, crushed to a paste
½ tspsalt

Tomato relish

1 tspdill seed, or a very small bunch of fresh dill or cilantro
½ tspsalt
1jalapeno pepper, seeded
250 gripe tomatoes, about 2 medium, or a pint of cherry tomatoes, quartered
1 tspfresh lemon juice

To finish

to tastesalt, for the cooking water
1 tbspolive oil, for the cooking water
35 gpine nuts, toasted (about 1/4 cup)

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Tree nuts
Pine nut
Wheat
Olive
Citrus fruits (any)
Lemon
Nightshades (any)
Tomato
Chili peppers
Onion family (any)
Onion
Garlic
Dill
Black and white pepper
Cumin
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Lamb and mutton
Chili heat (capsaicin)
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)

Taste

Heat
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Texture

Creamy
Chewy

Equipment

Stovetop
Food processor
Mortar and pestle

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weekend project
Entertaining

Effort

45–90 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 3
Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

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

Budget

Budget: moderate

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