Recipe
Izgara köfte
Turkish grilled meatballs the traditional way: beef and lamb bound with soaked stale bread and grated onion, seasoned with cumin and paprika, chilled firm and grilled until charred outside and juicy inside.
- Preparation
- 25 minutes
- Cooking
- 15 minutes
- Total time
- 40 minutes
- Servings
- 4
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 482 kcal
- Protein
- 32.5 g
- Carbohydrates
- 9.5 g
- Fat
- 34.5 g
Ingredients
- Ground beef400 g
- Ground lamb200 g
- Stale white bread (slices)2 kom
- Onion1 kom
- Garlic2 čehova
- Ground cumin2 žličica
- Sweet paprika1 žličica
- Pul biber (Turkish chili flakes)1 žličica
- Fresh parsley20 g
- Olive oil (for brushing)1 žlica
- Salt1 žličica
Instructions
- 1
Soak the stale bread in water for 5 minutes, then squeeze it completely dry and crumble it finely.
- 2
Grate the onion on a fine grater and squeeze out as much juice as you can with your hands.
- 3
Knead the meat with the bread, onion, crushed garlic, spices, salt and chopped parsley for a good 3 minutes, until the mixture turns sticky and holds together.
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