Superfast Kofte

Superfast is right! It took me longer to assemble the ingredients than to do the actual cooking!

I wasn’t quite sure what Kofte is so I went to Wikipedia and found that it is:

…minced lamb meatballs with herbs, often including parsley and mint, on a stick, grilled.…. The food is popular in Iran, Turkey, where there are hundreds of versions.

This is a great introduction if this is new to you too! I served it with a quinoa/brown rice mix that only took 20 minutes to prepare and cook. Easy peasy.

Superfast Kofte

(Cooking Light)

Now that is lean ground meat, baby!

1/2 cup prechopped white onion – minced fine

1/3 cup dry breadcrumbs

1/4 cup chopped fresh mint (found in the produce section)

2 tablespoons tomato paste

1 teaspoon bottled minced garlic

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper

1/8 teaspoon ground allspice

1 pound lean ground round (I used ground elk/antelope)

1 large egg white, lightly beaten (this helps hold the lean meat together)

Cooking spray

8 (1/4-inch-thick) slices plum tomato (about 2 tomatoes)

4 (6-inch) multi grain pitas, split

1/4 cup plain yogurt

Preheat broiler. You could grill these too, but you don’t want them to dry out because the meat is so lean.

Combine first 12 ingredients in a large bowl; stir until just combined. 

Divide mixture into 8 equal portions; shape each portion into a (2-inch) patty. Place patties on a jelly-roll pan coated with cooking spray. 

Broil 4 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Place 1 tomato slice and 1 patty in each pita half; top each half with 1 1/2 teaspoons yogurt.

These are supertasty too!

Enjoy!