Blehat Lahma bi Beid

Name: Blehat Lahma bi Beid (Meat Rolls Stuffed with Hard-boiled Eggs)
Ingredients: 1 celery stalk with leaves; 1 bay leaf; 1 celery stalk with leaves; 2 egg whites; 1 onion, finely chopped; ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 kg (2 lb) lean beef or lamb, minced; 3 slices white bread, crusts removed; 1 kg (2 lb) lean beef or lamb, minced; Butter or oil; Flour; 1 small tin tomato concentrate; Butter or oil; Salt and black pepper; Salt and black pepper; 4 hard-boiled eggs, shelled; 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley (optional)

Meat Rolls Stuffed with Hard-boiled Eggs

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden

Published 1986

About

Ingredients

1 kg (2 lb) lean beef or lamb, minced
3 slices white br

Main course

Method

Mince the meat two or three times if possible, then work it to a very smooth paste with your hands. Soak the bread in water, squeeze it dry and crumble it into the meat. Add the onion, egg whites, spices, salt and pepper to taste, and chopped parsley if used. Mix well to a light paste.

Divide the mixture into four equal parts and shape each portion round a hard-boiled egg, making four o