Icli Kofte

== Description ==
Meatballs with bulgur and a filling of minced meat with pine nuts.
== Ingredients ==
* 500 g bulgur
* 250 g veal minced meat
* 250 g lamb minced meat
* 1 teaspoon red pepper
* 2 tablespoons cumin
* 3 tablespoons parsley, finely chopped
* 2 tablespoons butter
* oil (for frying)
* 2 large onions, finely chopped
* 2 tablespoons pine nuts
* 100 g walnuts, finely chopped
* 2 eggs, beaten
* rusk crumbs
* salt
== Directions ==
# In a saucepan put the onions with the butter and a little bit of salt and sauté them.
# Add the lamb minced meat and the pine nuts and sauté until the minced meat has absorbed all the fluids and is granular.
# Take the mixture off the heat and add the parsley, the walnut crumbs and the salt.
# Spread the bulgur in a pan, add the red pepper, cumin, salt and a cup of water and knead well all the ingredients.
# Add the veal minced meat and knead again.
# Shape this mixture into small, long and narrow meatballs.
# With your finger press the edge of each meatball so as to open up a hole and stuff it with the mixture of lamb minced meat and then close it well.
# As soon as you have filled all the meatballs, put over the heat a saucepan with 4-5 cups of water and some salt and as soon as the water comes to a boil, add the meatballs and let them boil for 20 minutes.
# Take them out with a straining spoon and let them cool off.
# Then dip them one by one into a mixture of egg and rusk crumbs and fry them in hot oil.
# These meatballs are very spicy and are served as an hors d’oeuvre.
Category:Cypriot Meat Dishes
Category:Ground veal Recipes
Category:Bulgur Recipes
Category:Ground lamb Recipes
Category:Pine nut Recipes
Category:Walnut Recipes
Category:Onion Recipes
Category:Egg Recipes
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