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Kofta bi Tahini recipe, eat well on universal credit

 

Around the world takes us to Jordan next with Kofta bi Tahini 

THIS S A STOCK SHOT. My photograph was dreadful! (as was my presentaton!) Please also note that the Lemon in this reciipe is overwhelming. Maybe just use one Lemon?

Ingredients:-
 
Tahini Kofta
 
For the Kofta:-
 
500 g minced beef
1 onion chopped
1 cup chopped parsley
1 tomato chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tsp All Spice
1 tsp Turmeric
1 tsp dried Mint
pinch of cardamom
 
For the topping:-
 
Potatoes sliced into thin rounds.
 
For the Tahini sauce:-
 
1 pot of Tahini
Juice of three lemons
Salt
4 cups Boiled water 
 
kofta Method:-
 
(1) Very finely dice parsley and onion and add them to the minced Beef.
(2) Add  the tomato, olive oil,salt and spices and knead them into the meat mix.
 
You can either spread the mix into a large oven proof casserole to cover the entire base or you can form the mix into ovals. If you go with the flat version, make indentations in the meat with your fingertips, this will help the meat take up the flavours of the sauce.
 
Bringing it all together:-
 
 
(1) Bake the Kofta in the oven for 20 minutes.
(2) Fry the sliced Potatoes, boil or bake them until they are slightly softened. 
(3) Arrange the Potatoes on top of the Kofta. 
(4) Mix Tahina and Lemon juice together, the Tahini will become lighter in consistency at first but it will thicken as you keep on mixing and become lighter in colour. 
(5) Slowly add the water while stirring to keep the mixture smooth. 
(6) Pour sauce over Kofta until you cover the Kofta and Potatoes. 
(7) Cover the casserole with foil, poke a few holes in the foil to allow steam to escape. 
(8) Bake in the oven on the lowest rack at 220c for 20 minutes. 
(9) Remove the foil and cook until the sauce thickens.
(10) Brown under grill for 1-2 minutes
 
We served ours with Coleslaw and a bit of dressed salad. But really all we could taste was Lemon - Lemon, oh and Lemon. Which we can still both taste this morning!
 
 

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Italian Style Vegetarian Pizza with a Yorkshire twist

We like to set ourselves little challenges and the latest is our “Vegetarian Alphabet”. We got to “I” without too much difficultly (Click here) but “I” proved to be a bit of a problem. Sue came up with Inka Berries which a a form of dehydrated Physalis and we had plans for a chutney. But due to Lock-Down we are very limited for places we can buy from locally and they turned out to be impossible to get without buying a large bag on-line, which kind of defeats the £4 and meal concept.

So back to an old favourite with a couple of twists. (1) We would normally have some form of meat on a Giant Yorkshire Pudding Pizza! (2) We actually made the Mozzarella by hand and it was very authentic taste wise.

Ingredients for the Giant Yorkshire Pudding Pizza Batter:-

40g Plain (Gluten free) Flour
80g Cornflour
150ml Milk
3 Eggs
Salt & Pepper
Oil - for the tray

Method:-

(1) Heat a deep sided oven try in the oven to 220c with quite a bit of Oil
(2) Whisk the butter vigorously.
(3) Pour into the smoking hot tray and return to the oven as quickly as possible.
(4) Cook at 220c for 30 to 40 minutes until risen and golden brown.
(5) Remove, drain and allow to cool.
(6) Add Tomato based sauce to the bottom.
(7) Layer your sliced vegetables. We used Onions, Mushrooms and a Red Pepper.
(8) add lots of  Mozzarella and sprinkle with dried mixed Herb.
(9) Return to the oven until the Cheese has melted and slightly browned.

We dressed ours with a few pickled Chive heads and some fresh Parsley.
 

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