Meat Or Mushroom Kubbeh Recipes

KUBBE

Steps:

• Place bulgur in a large bowl. Stir in the flour, 6 tablespoons of vegetable oil, red pepper flakes, salt, and cumin. Gradually mix in the cup of water to make a stiff but not crumbly dough. Knead for a few minutes to fully bind the ingredients. If it is too mushy, let it sit for a while, and the bulgur will absorb some of the water.
• For the filling: Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook until browned. Remove from the skillet. Crumble the ground beef into the skillet, and cook until evenly browned, stirring frequently. Drain excess grease. Season with allspice, salt, and cinnamon, and stir in the cooked onions and pine nuts. Allow to cool enough to handle.
• Form the dough into walnut-sized balls. Press your thumb into the ball while it is enclosed in your other hand to form a tube. The cylinder should be about 2 inches long, and the thinner the walls are, the better they will cook. Fill the cavity with as much of the meat mixture as you can, then seal the end to form a torpedo shape. Repeat with remaining dough and filling. At this point, the kubbe may be frozen. Freeze on baking sheets, then transfer to freezer bags when solid.
• Heat oil in a deep fryer or heavy saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). If the oil is not hot enough, the kubbe will fall apart. Carefully place the kubbe into the hot oil, and fry until nicely browned, about 1 minute. Remove with tongs to paper towels to drain. Serve with tahini.

MEAT OR MUSHROOM KUBBEH

Steps:

• The amount of crust in the recipe is adequate for either the mushroom or the meat filling-- not both.
• Mushroom Filling: Saute onion in oil.
• Add the mushrooms and seasonings, cover and continue cooking until liquid evaporates.
• Cool.
• Meat Filling: Thoroughly knead the meat with water.
• Saute onion in oil, add meat and seasonings.
• Stir and separate meat, cooking uncovered over medium flame, until water evaporates.
• Cool.
• The Crust: Rinse and drain the cracked wheat.
• Place all ingredients in a large bowl, use fingers to crumble and combine together.
• Knead soft dough, slowly adding water as required, until dough is malleable.
• Wet hands in cold water, take small lump of dough in left hand.
• Using forefinger of right hand create an indentation in the lump of dough and tightening the dough round the finger with the help of left hand, create a thimble like form making certain that its outer wall remains intact.
• Into each hollow place 1 teaspoon of filling, meat or mushrooms.
• Seal by bringing the tips together with cold water.
• Roll the dough between palms to create an elongated form.
• Place on a baking sheet.
• Heat oil in a skillet and add 1 kubbeh, wait several minutes until oil begins sizzling.
• Repeat with the other kubbeh.
• No more than 4 kubbeh should be fried at a time.
• Turn kubbeh several times and continue cooking on a medium flame until outer crust is brown and crisp.
• Serve hot whith choice of salads (tehinah, tabouleh, fresh vegetable salads).

KURDISH KUBBEH KHAMOUSTAH

Steps:

• Fry the meat cut in small piece, in a small amount of oil.
• Grind preserving the texture (not like ground meat).
• Prepare the dough for the koubbebot, by mixing all ingredients.
• Wet your hands, and shape walnut size pieces of it, like a thin.
• circle, fill with 1 tsp of meat and seal.
• At this stage, you can freeze the kubbeh patties.
• Heat the oil, fry the garlic until gold, add the scallions and the.
• pazzi mix well.
• Cook about 10 minutes.
• Cover with water and continue to cook.
• I usually replace the salt with some soup powder.
• When almost done add lemon juice and lemon salt to taste.
• Add the koubbebot to the boiling soup, and continue cooking about 15.
• minutes.