Kofta bake with a Lemony Tahini Sauce

Name: Kofta bake with a Lemony Tahini Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 2 lbs extra lean ground beef; 1 large onion, quartered; 1 cup parsley, packed; 1 garlic clove, minced; 1 tbsp Arabic 7 spice; 1 tbsp ground allspice; ½ tsp cinnamon; ½ tsp cumin; 1 tsp ground cardamom; 1 tsp black pepper; ½ tbsp salt; ¾ cup tahini; 2 cups cold water; 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice (or more if you like it more lemony); Pinch of cumin; ½ tsp salt; 2-3 russet potatoes, air fried until golden

8 steps

Prep:10minCook:30min

This is one of my favourite Palestinian meals! And one of my mother’s go-to’s when she has dinner parties as one of the main dishes, but also a go-to for a quick weeknight dinner. You can assemble the pan with the spiced ground beef bake it off when you’re ready and a delicious meal will be on your table within 30 minutes. Quick note: you can absolutely make small kabab’s rather than laying it out flat, but this is the way that my mom makes it, so this is one of those things that if it’s not broke, don’t fix it. Also much easier!

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:06:43 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories433.9 kcal (22%)

Total Fat22.9 g (33%)

Carbs20.2 g (8%)

Sugars2.2 g (2%)

Protein38.9 g (78%)

Sodium1104.2 mg (55%)

Fiber5.3 g (19%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

Instructions

Step 1

In a small food processor, finely mince the onion and parsley.

Step 2

To the ground beef in your pan of choice (I used a 14-inch round dish with high sides) add the minced onion, minced parsley, minced garlic, Arabic 7 spice, allspice, cinnamon, cumin, cardamom, black pepper and salt.

Step 3

Preheat oven at 350 F. Knead everything through until evenly mixed. Lay the mixture flat in the pan. Bake for 20 minutes.

Step 4

Remove from the oven and pour out excess fat into a dish and leave about ¼ cup of fat in the pan.

Step 5

Make the lemony tahini sauce in a blender by adding tahini, water, lemon juice, cumin, and salt. Blend until smooth.

Step 6

Pour this sauce over the kofta. Dip the air fried potato slices in the tahini sauce and arrange them over the kofta.

Step 7

Place the pan back in the oven for 5 minutes. Remove it and give the pan a little shake to stir around the sauce. Place the pan back in the oven for another 5 minutes.

Step 8

Remove from the oven and serve hot. Slice and serve with pita bread and a salad.