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General Discussions => The Food Board => Topic started by: mr hoppy on May 22, 2014, 11:09:32 PM

Title: Kebabs
Post by: mr hoppy on May 22, 2014, 11:09:32 PM
Planning on doing kefta kebabs on the bbq over the weekend.

1 onion - roughly chopped
2 tbsp flat leaf parsley chopped
1 tbsp coriander chopped
500g lamb or beef mince
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp black pepper
lemon wedges to serve

Throw everything except the lemon in a food processor, leave them in the fridge for an hour, and then roll into sausages, stick them in skewers, stick em on the bbq, and enjoy.
Title: Re: Kebabs
Post by: sub82 on May 22, 2014, 11:24:18 PM
Sounds amazing! Will definitely be trying this  :P
Title: Re: Kebabs
Post by: johnrm on May 22, 2014, 11:33:11 PM
What time should I call in?
Title: Re: Kebabs
Post by: mr hoppy on May 22, 2014, 11:38:08 PM
I'd definitely be up for doing this for a crowd (salads as well). Not tomorrow night though.
Title: Re: Kebabs
Post by: johnrm on May 22, 2014, 11:45:02 PM
Feck, remembered, I'm stagging this weekend  :(

We need to discuss a Summer BBQ.
Family, Beer and BBQ.
Get all the missuses to meet and knit natter.
Title: Re: Kebabs
Post by: mr hoppy on May 22, 2014, 11:54:13 PM
That sounds like a great idea.
Title: Re: Kebabs
Post by: Will_D on May 23, 2014, 04:31:19 PM
I would go 50/50 on the mince and ask the butcher for a beef mince with a bit more fat in it than lean mince.

I thinks its measured and stated as the Visual Fat Index
Title: Re: Kebabs
Post by: mr hoppy on May 23, 2014, 04:46:01 PM
I've done 50 / 50 in the past and that's worked very well. Getting hungry just thinking about it.
Title: Re: Kebabs
Post by: mr hoppy on May 23, 2014, 04:59:21 PM
I use a 10 euro stick blender from tesco and a jug.

If you can get harrisa paste and mix that with tomato puree it makes a nice hot sauce to go with it. Natural yoghurt for cooling, bit of tabouleh and a wrap and you're sorted.
Title: Re: Kebabs
Post by: Bzfeale80 on June 04, 2014, 05:28:59 PM
Cheers for posting the kebab recipe. Must give this a go soon  :)
Title: Re: Kebabs
Post by: Eoin on June 05, 2014, 01:30:50 PM
You don't absolutely need a blender for this, if you add salt to the recipe (why have to add salt? any recipe should have salt....) the salt will bind the proteins and the whole lot will come together with a good mix about. This is effectively the same thing as a blender would do. You might want to grate your onions in case of having no blender and make sure everything is finely chopped.
Title: Re: Kebabs
Post by: mr hoppy on June 14, 2014, 06:08:19 PM
Yes Eoin, making these as we speak and you should put a tsp of salt in as well.