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Köfte

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Resting time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 55 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mediterranean, Turkish
Servings 3 people

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g minced meat preferably calf plate 14% fat
  • 1 cloves of garlic crushed with 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 yellow onion grated on the thin part of the grater
  • 100 ml semolina or breadcrumbs from 2 slices of day old bread
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp ground Allspice (yenibahar) can be omitted
  • 1 Tsp Freshly ground black pepper
  • Sunflower oil for frying or grill on bbq

Instructions
 

  • Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and knead well.
  • Köfte must always rest in the fridge for at least 1-2 hours, but never overnight.
  • Fry in hot oil for 2-3 minutes on each side

Notes

The oil should be hot otherwise the meatballs will be boiled but not too hot because then it will be raw inside
Keyword meatballs