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)
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| 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!
