Kibbeh Bissaniyeh

This is the Lebanese national dish – there are many forms of it. It is usually made with extra lean leg of lamb. The only thing that’s different about this version of kibbeh is that I use extra-lean beef steak rather than lamb. This is because the beef holds together better with the burghul, and the tray looks much nicer, too. You can still use lamb if you wish. The recipe below makes a large tray (approximately 25cm x 50cm), but of course you can halve it. Alternatively, since this dish fr