Preparation time
49 min
Total time
71 min
Servings
6
Calories / Serving
0 Cals
Difficulty
Average

Embark on a culinary journey to the Middle East with Kibbeh, a symphony of flavors and textures! This Levantine delight features a crispy, bulgur wheat shell embracing a savory filling of seasoned ground beef, fragrant onions, and aromatic spices. Topped with crunchy pine nuts, each bite is an explosion of deliciousness. Prepare to be transported!
Ingredients
- 250 g Fine bulgur
- 300 g Water
- 500 g Ground beef
- 200 g Onion
- 10 g Salt
- 4 g Pepper
- 2 g Ground cumin
- 530 g Olive oil
- 1 g Cinnamon powder
- 50 g Pine nut
Steps
Shell
- Add 250 g of fine bulgur in a bowl.
- Add 250 g of water in the bowl.
- Setaside the preparation content on a workplan during 15min.
- Drain excess of the bowl in a strainer.
- Add 250 g of ground beef, 100 g of onion, 5 g of salt, 2 g of pepper, 2 g of ground cumin in the food processor bowl.
- Mix manual: 20sec / 0°C / Speed 6. Scrape the sides of the bowl with the spatula
- Mix manual: 20sec / 0°C / Speed 6. Scrape the sides of the bowl with the spatula
- Add 50 g of water in a freezer.
- Mix manual: 10sec / 0°C / Speed 4.
- Setaside the dough on the workplan.
Filling
- Wash the food processor bowl.
- Add 100 g of onion in the food processor bowl.
- Mix chop: 5sec / 0°C / Speed 5. Scrape the sides of the bowl with the spatula
- Add 30 g of olive oil in the food processor bowl.
- Mix manual: 5:00min / 120°C / Speed 1.
- Add 250 g of ground beef, 5 g of salt, 2 g of pepper, 1 g of cinnamon powder in the food processor bowl.
- Mix manual: 8:00min / 120°C / Speed 1 in inverse.
- Drain excess of the food processor bowl on the strainer.
- Add 50 g of pine nut in the food processor bowl.
- Transfer the content of the food processor bowl in the bowl let cool.
Assembly
- Take a portion of the shell dough (about 50 grams), flatten it in your palm, and make a cavity in the center.
- Fill the cavity with a spoonful of the meat filling.
- Close the dough around the filling, shaping it into a pointed oval (torpedo) shape.
Frying
- Add 500 g of olive oil in a frypan.
- Cook in the oven with an oil base at 180°C.
- Fry the Kibbeh in batches until golden brown and crispy, about 5-7 minutes.
- Remove the content of the frypan on a baking tray.
- Remove and drain on paper towels.
- Serve Hot.
- Serve hot with a side of lemon wedges.



