Lebanese Arayess Kafta - A quick and easy tasty lunch
Lebanese Arayess Kafta - A quick and easy tasty lunch

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Arayes kafta are quick and easy Lebanese sandwiches which consist of fresh kafta spread thin into pita bread and baked until crispy. This cheesy spin to arayes adds a delightful combination of salty akawi cheese and mozzarella to elevate these sandwiches to the next level. Great recipe for Lebanese Arayess Kafta - A quick and easy tasty lunch. When you don't want to spend a long time in the kitchen to cook and end up with a pile of pots to wash, Arayess kafta (kafta sandwiches) are a life saver.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lebanese arayess kafta - a quick and easy tasty lunch using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Lebanese Arayess Kafta - A quick and easy tasty lunch:
  1. Take 500 g beef mince (can also do half beef half lamb)
  2. Take 1 big onion (or 2 medium)
  3. Take Handful parsley
  4. Prepare ~4 flatbreads
  5. Make ready Spices
  6. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon allspice
  7. Get 1/2 teaspoon lebanese seven spices (optional but adds a good taste)
  8. Take 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder
  9. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon salt
  10. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  11. Prepare Pinch cumin (optional)
  12. Make ready Optional topping
  13. Get Cheese

Stuff the meat in the mini Arabic bread. This Arabic meat mixture has been made in my family for generations. We make it on skewers to grill on the barbecue, but this recipe can also be used for hamburgers (lamburgers). It's amazing served with tzatziki or Arabic garlic spread.

Instructions to make Lebanese Arayess Kafta - A quick and easy tasty lunch:
  1. Finely chop the onion and the parsley. (If you do it in a food processor don’t over pulse. You don’t want to turn them into juice!)
  2. Add the finely chopped onion and parsley with all the mentioned spices to the meat and mix with your hand.
  3. Spread one tablespoon of the mixture on your flat bread (i have the Lebanese flatbread). Add cheese if you want
  4. If your bread is fresh it’ll be easy to put the meat between the two layers, if not then just close it like a D shape
  5. Cut the flatbread into slices like a pizza
  6. Now in a flat pan add a tablespoon of oil and start pan frying the meat bread for almost 3 to 4 minutes on each side so the meat is cooked and the bread is crispy. It’s a thin layer of meat so it’ll be cooked quickly. (Leave it a bit longer if you feel skeptical)
  7. Serve with natural yogurt on the side and enjoy!
  8. You can also grill it in the over or on a bbq which will give it an amazing smoky taste!

We make it on skewers to grill on the barbecue, but this recipe can also be used for hamburgers (lamburgers). It's amazing served with tzatziki or Arabic garlic spread. We usually serve it with hummus and tabbouli as side dishes. In Lebanon, we know it as kafta, but in other parts of the Middle-East, it is more known as kofta. In a large bowl, add in the minced lamb, with the chopped onion and tomato, crushed garlic, salt, spice mix, parsley, lemon juice and toasted pine nuts and mix well.

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