Middle Eastern · Starter

Stuffed Burghul and Potato Balls

Name: Stuffed Burghul and Potato Balls
Total time: 2 h 37 min
Yield: Serves 6 (about 40 balls)
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 750 g potatoes, scrubbed, about 6 medium; 130 g fine burghul, bulgur; 110 g all-purpose flour; 1 tsp salt, plus more to taste; ½ tsp black pepper, freshly ground; 1½ L vegetable oil, for deep-frying; 2 onion, chopped; ¼ tsp ground allspice; 40 g pine nuts; 35 g currants; 90 g tahini; salt, to taste; black pepper, freshly ground, to taste

A potato and fine burghul dough wrapped around a sweet-savoury filling of onions, pine nuts, currants and tahini, then fried until golden. A vegan snack with a pleasantly soft inside.

YieldServes 6 (about 40 balls)
Hands-on1 h 15 min
Total2 h 37 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

750 gpotatoes, scrubbed, about 6 medium
130 gfine burghul, bulgur
110 gall-purpose flour
1 tspsalt, plus more to taste
½ tspblack pepper, freshly ground
1½ Lvegetable oil, for deep-frying

Filling

2onion, chopped
¼ tspground allspice
40 gpine nuts
35 gcurrants
90 gtahini
to tastesalt
to tasteblack pepper, freshly ground

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
Vegan

Contains

Gluten
Tree nuts
Sesame
Sulfites
Pine nut
Wheat
Grapes
Nightshades (any)
Potato (white)
Onion family (any)
Onion
Cabbage family (any)
Black and white pepper
Allspice

Taste

Sweet
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Texture

Crisp
Creamy

Equipment

Stovetop
Probe thermometer

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: low
Carbs: high
Fat: high
Fiber: high
Sodium: moderate

Budget

Budget: low

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