Kofta
A Kofta beef-lamb recipe used for baking meatballs, meatloaf, or grilled on skewers.
Servings: 0
Calories:
Ingredients
Meat
- 1 # ground lamb
- 1 # ground chuck
Veggie
- 1/2 C grated red onion (use a grate or dice the onion, up to you)
Spices + Herbs
- 2 T minced fresh parsley
- 1 t minced fresh oregano
- 3 T minced fresh mint
- 2 t cumin seeds crushed in pestle and mortar
- 1/4 t cayenne
- 1 t salt and pepper to taste
- 1 T red wine vinegar
Instructions
Mise en Place
- Set up meat workstation (bowl for mixing the meats and veggies/herbs).
- Defrost meats if required. Set oven to 350F.
- Setup veggie station (discard bowl, chefs knife, damp rag, bench scraper) and add measuring spoon and pestle and mortar.
Meat
- Combine the two meats into a bowl. Add salt and pepper and mix the meats by hand so they are incorporated.
Add flavor
- Add grated red onions (or diced onions if you prefer)
- Finely chop and add parsley, oregano and mint
- Add wine. Then mix again with your hands so every handfull will have a full mixture of what you have made.
Type of Cooking
- SKEWERS: Using your hands, grab a handful of meat mixture and roll into logs ~3-4″ long and ~1″ wide, make 4-6 logs depending upon the number of servings you want. Insert a skewer and cook. (If you have time make a marinade of: wine, chooped oregano, mint, onion and garlic. While grilling dip the skewers every so often into the marinade to prevent drying out.)
- MEATBALLS: Grab a handfull and round out, then place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Once full into the 350F oven for 45 minutes.
- MEATLOAF: I add breadcrumbs to the meat mixture and 2T lemon juice. I want the breadcrumbs to soak up moisture to help keep the loaf from drying out. Then spray oil a loaf pan, put the meat mixture into the pan and bake for ~50 minutes. Test doneness with a thermometer (internal temp 160f). When I serve this I also include Tzatziki sauce.
Notes
Kofta is a meat dish from Indian subcontinent, South Caucasian, Middle Eastern, Balkan, and Central Asian cuisines. Kofta is presented as baked meatballs, placed on skewers and grilled, or as a meatloaf, This is a dish of combined beef + lamb mixed with onions, spices and herbs.