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RECIPE

Laffa, beef and Israeli salad with pine nuts

Middle-East favourite with a fresh Israeli salad.

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  • place PRE 30 mins
  • place COOK 15 mins
  • place SERVES 2
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This is delicious for breakfast, lunch or dinner time! A variation on the Lahm Bi Ajin — the Lebanese meat pie.

  • Heat the sunflower oil in a large saucepan. Add, the onion, beef, parsley, salt, pepper, turmeric and cumin. 
  • Cook for approximately 5 minutes at high temperature stirring at all time until the mixture is cooked but not dry, and the water has almost disappeared. 
  • Mix the salad together, season and add enough lemon juice and olive oil to coat. Taste and add more if needed.
  • Warm the laffa breads and spread with hummus. Top with Israeli salad and the warm meat. Sprinkle with pine nuts and serve immediately, while warm. 

First published in the JC August 2017

Ingredients

For the beef

2 - 3 tbsp sunflower oil

400 - 450g minced beef

1 onion, grated

20g fresh flat parsley, chopped

Salt and pepper

1 heaped tsp each of turmeric and cumin

For the salad

1 cucumber, cut in very small cubes

2 large, firm tomatoes cut in very small cubes

4 spring onions, cut in small slices

2 small carrots, finely chopped 

A small piece of white cabbage washed and cut in small pieces/chopped

Juice of 1 lemon 

1 - 2 tbsp olive oil

On the side: 

2 large laffa breads

One pot of hummus 

50 - 75g roasted pine nuts

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