Recipes
Baked Kibbeh Stuffed with Creamy Cheese Spread and Mozzarella
Make this delicious baked kibbeh stuffed with creamy cheese spread and mozzarella for lunch or dinner!
Prep: 30 minCook: 40 minYield: Serves 6
Ingredients
- •500 g ground beef
- •1 onion
- •1 tomato, seeds removed
- •3 cloves garlic
- •15 mint leaves
- •3 tablespoons olive oil
- •Juice of 1 lemon
- •1/2 cup chopped parsley and scallions
- •200 g mozzarella
- •1 pouch Brazilian creamy cheese spread (requeijão), 250 g
- •1 1/2 cups fine bulgur wheat for kibbeh
- •1 1/2 cups hot water
- •Salt to taste
- •Black pepper to taste
Instructions
- 1
Mix the bulgur with the hot water.
- 2
Let soak for 1 hour.
- 3
Mix the drained bulgur with the remaining ingredients for the kibbeh mixture: the beef, onion, garlic, tomato, parsley and scallions, mint, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
- 4
Grease a baking dish with olive oil.
- 5
Spread half the kibbeh mixture in the dish, add a layer of creamy cheese spread, then sprinkle the grated mozzarella on top.
- 6
Cover with the remaining kibbeh mixture.
- 7
Score the surface with a knife.
- 8
Drizzle with olive oil.
- 9
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 35 to 40 minutes.