**Egyptian Kofta** This is the burger meat of the Middle East. Adding lamb to the recipe gives it a richer flavor but feel free to omit that if you don’t like lamb.

Serve Kofta as your meat dish at dinner , in a sandwich at lunch or in

your Middle Eastern- themed BBQ. It can also be served as an appetizer

with a Tahini or Yogurt dip and mini pita breads on the side.

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Ingredients:

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/4 lb ground lamb (optional, if not using then add more ground beef instead)
• 1/2 cup minced parsley
• 1 grated small onion
• 2 minced garlic
• 1 Tbs salt
• 1 tsp crushed black pepper
• 1/2 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• Extra virgin olive oil Spray
• 1 piece of charcoal

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Directions:

1. Mix the onion and garlic with the spices and let it sit in room temperature for 15 minutes
2. Add the meat and the parsley to the onion and mix well. Shape the meat into kofta shapes.
3. Spray the bottom of a large pan with the olive oil. Heat the pan over medium high heat.
4. When the pan is hot, add the koftas and pan fry on all sides. Lower the heat and cover the pan.
5. Let it cook for 5 minutes. Then uncover the pan and let any liquid evaporate.
6. The kofta is now ready to serve or you can continue to the next steps to add the charcoal smokey taste:
7. When cooking the kofta, get the charcoal ready by putting it on a medium high fire until it turns grey.
8. Make a small pocket that will hold the charcoal: Take a piece of aluminium foil (8×8″/20x20cm), fold in half then fold the edges to make the pocket shape.
9. Place 1 Tbs of olive oil and the hot charcoal to the foil.
10. When the kofta is cooked, remove from the heat. Make a hole in the middle of the pan, pushing aside the koftas.
11. Put the foil pocket in that hole and quickly cover the pan. The smoke from the charcoal will fill the pan and infuse the koftas.
12. After 2 minutes, your kofta is ready to be served.

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bon appetit