Lebanese Kebbe

• 1 pound minced meat( three times in meat mincer until soft like cream)
• 11/2 cups bulgur ( no#1)
• 1 big onion
• salt, pepper, cumin, cinnamon
• vegetable oil or butter
• Filling
• 1/2 pound minced meat
• 3 big onions minced
• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• 2 tablespoons pomegranate molasses( optional)
• 2 tablespoons sum-mac ( optional)
• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil

1. Make filling by frying onion and meat with the spices until well cooked.
2. Fry pine nuts in one tablespoon oil and add to filling
3. Let it cool
4. Kebbe:
5. Wash bulgur in water, squeeze water out and let rest for around half an hour
6. Put minced meat, bulgur onion and spices in blender and mix until you have a dough, if too tough you can add water
7. Take dough out of machine and knead with hand until it is easy to work with.
8. put around 3 tablespoons vegetable oil in bottom of round pan ( 35-45 cm )spread ha;f of kebbe dough on bottom, then the filling and then the rest of kebbe.
9. cut kebbee in squares or diamond shape pattern.
10. Add 4 tablespoons oil to it and bake in 350 degree oven until cooked brown around the edges ( 30 minutes ) broil it until cooked red and sever.
11. You can serve it with salad, Muhammara, or yougurt.

meat, onion, salt, vegetable oil, filling, meat, onions, pine nuts, pomegranate molasses, vegetable oil

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/lebanese-kebbe-50074448 (may not work)