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Shishbarak Lamb Dumplings in Yoghurt Sauce

Name: Shishbarak Lamb Dumplings in Yoghurt Sauce
Total time: 2 h 36 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Levantine
Ingredients: 300 g all-purpose flour; ½ tsp salt; 185 ml cold water; 60 ml ghee, melted; 2 tbsp ghee; 40 g pine nuts; 500 g lean ground lamb, very finely minced; 1 large onion, finely chopped; ¼ tsp ground allspice; 1 pinch ground cinnamon; salt, to taste; black pepper, freshly ground, to taste; 1¼ kg plain whole-milk yoghurt; 1 tbsp cornstarch; 375 ml water; 1 egg white, lightly beaten; 2 tsp salt; 2 cloves garlic; ½ tsp salt; 60 g ghee; 1 tbsp dried mint, crushed

Hat-shaped dumplings of simple dough filled with spiced lamb and pine nuts, baked briefly, then simmered in a thick stabilised yoghurt sauce and crowned with garlic and mint fried in clarified butter.

Yield6 servings
Hands-on1 h 40 min
Total2 h 36 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Dough

300 gall-purpose flour
½ tspsalt
185 mlcold water
60 mlghee, melted

Filling

2 tbspghee
40 gpine nuts
500 glean ground lamb, very finely minced
1large onion, finely chopped
¼ tspground allspice
1 pinchground cinnamon
to tastesalt
to tasteblack pepper, freshly ground

Yoghurt sauce

1¼ kgplain whole-milk yoghurt
1 tbspcornstarch
375 mlwater
1egg white, lightly beaten
2 tspsalt

To finish

2 clovesgarlic
½ tspsalt
60 gghee
1 tbspdried mint, crushed

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Egg
Tree nuts
Birds' eggs (any)
Pine nut
Wheat
Corn (maize)
Onion family (any)
Onion
Garlic
Mint
Black and white pepper
Allspice
Cinnamon
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Lamb and mutton
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)

Taste

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

Texture

Creamy

Equipment

Oven
Stovetop

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weekend project

Effort

Over 90 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 4
Needs advance prep

Nutrition

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

Budget

Budget: moderate

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