A tasty, Middle-Eastern dish. I like this for lunch or as a snack. Recipe #59667 is the perfect accompaniment.
Ingredients: [‘bulgar wheat’, ‘onion’, ‘garlic clove’, ‘oil’, ‘ground lamb’, ‘pine nuts’, ‘ground allspice’, ‘salt’, ‘onion’, ‘salt’, ‘ground allspice’, ‘butter’]
Quantity of Ingredients: [“1/2 cup Bulgar wheat”,”1/2 cup chopped onion”,”1 garlic clove, minced “,”2 tablespoons oil”,”1 lb ground lamb (or beef)”,”3 tablespoons pine nuts, lightly toasted “,”3/4 teaspoon ground allspice”,”1/2 teaspoon salt”,”1/3 cup chopped onion”,”1 1/2 teaspoons salt”,”1 teaspoon ground allspice”,”1/4 cup butter”]
Number of Servings: 4
Steps: [‘In a small bowl, soak bulgur in enough warm water to cover by 1 inch for 1 hour and drain.’, ‘In a skillet, cook ½ cup chopped onion and garlic clove in 2 tblsps oil over moderate heat for 5 minutes or until the onion is softened.’, ‘Add ¼ of the ground lamb, pine nuts, ¾ tsp allspice and ½ tsp salt and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until lamb is no longer pink.’, ‘In a bowl combine the remaining lamb, bulgur, 1/3 cup chopped onion, 1 ½ tsps salt and 1 tsp allspice.’, ‘Spread half of raw lamb in a buttered 1-quart baking dish; cover with cooked lamb, and top with remaining raw lamb, smoothing top.’, ‘With a sharp knife, etch a diamond pattern on top of the ground lamb (where you intend to cut it once cooked), dot with butter and bake for 20-25 minutes.’, ‘Cut into 4 pieces and serve hot or chilled.’, ‘This is excellent eaten with tzatziki or plain greek-style yoghurt and Recipe #59667 Salad.’]