Minced Beef Fattah

Name: Minced Beef Fattah (Fattet Lahmeh Mfroomeh)
Yield: Serves 6–8
Cuisine: Palestinian
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon black pepper; 2 cloves garlic, mashed with 1 teaspoon salt; 500 grams goat’s or Greek yoghurt; 4–5 loaves khobez or Lebanese bread cut into 1” squares; 1 kilogram minced steak; 5 + 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 tablespoon pine nuts; 2 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley, chopped; 1 cup chicken stock (home made is preferable)

Fattet Lahmeh Mfroomeh

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Amoul

By Amoul Oakes

Published 2008

About

This recipe was given to me by my dear friend Hind Kassem, who is of Palestinian origin.

Ingredients

1 kilogram minced steak
4–5 loaves khobez or Lebanese bread cut into 1” squares
500

Asia
Lebanon
Palestine
Side dish
Mediterranean

Method

Heat two tablespoons cooking oil over medium fire in a deep frying pan. Add the beef and stir continuously so that it does not form balls and is evenly browned. Add the cinnamon, black pepper and salt, and continue cooking over low-medium fire for five minutes.

Meanwhile, put the yoghurt in