Author: Marisa Lopez Chicote

Baked Kobeba Tray (Saneya Kobeba)

Author: Marisa Lopez Chicote

Kobeba (pronounced Ko-beh-buh) or Kibbeh, is a classic Middle Eastern dish consisting of a filling of ground beef surrounded by layers of ground beef and cracked bulgur wheat mixture. It is very commonly found in single-serve preparations shaped into conical, fried, meatballs but I like more baked in a tray (saneya in Arabic).


Ingredients 

For the kobeba crust:

  • 2 cups burghul
  • 500g minced lamb or beef
  • 1 medium onion finely chopped
  • 1 tsp mixed spices Boharat 
  • 1 tsp mixed herbs parsley and coriander 
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • A pinch of chilli
  • 1/2 glass water

For the filling:

  • 200g minced lamb or beef 
  • 1 tbs olive oil
  • 1 medium onion finely chopped
  • 1 tbs pine nuts or another nut I use cashew or almonds 
  • 1 tsp mixed spices boharat 
  • Salt & pepper 

Elaboration:

  1. Place bulgur in a large bowl, cover with hot tap water for 20-30 minutes. Drain the bulgur in a sieve or squeeze the water out.
  2. To do the crust: Puree onions in a food processor. Add minced meat, salt, all spices and bulgur and mix.
  3. To do the filling: add 1 tablespoon of oil, butter or ghee in a pan on medium heat. Add minced onion and garlic until they turn golden. Then add minced meat and all spice and cook for around 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  4. Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease baking tray or large pyrex.
  5. Take half of the meat crust and spread evenly on the greased baking tray.
  6. Add kobeba meat filling and spread over the crust without reaching the edges. Spread raisins and some of the pine nuts over the filling.
  7. Add one more layer of the crust meat on top.
  8. With a sharp knife cut the meat into squares or diamond shapes, and add one or two pine nuts on each diamond.
  9. Place it in the oven and bake for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown on top and cooked all the way through.
  10. Serve hot with yoghurt salad.

About the Author: Marisa Lopez Chicote is an event planner and mother of 5, living in Cairo and Muslim since 1985, alhamdullah. She loves travelling and cooking.

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