Lamb Kibbeh Cooked in Yoghurt

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    (makes about 12 kibbeh)
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Samantha Clark and Samuel Clark

Published 2001

  • About

Kibbehs are a classic throughout the Middle East, particularly in Lebanon and Syria. Although there are many variations, they usually consist of an oval outer casing of ground lamb and bulgur with a stuffing of spiced lamb and pinenuts inside. Shaping kibbeh requires practice – the traditional way (we tell our chefs in the restaurant) is to imagine the shape made when someone puts their hands together in prayer. This is a slightly more unusual recipe in which the kibbeh are cooked in yoghur