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Kefta Stuffed Tomatoes

3.10 from 20 votes

Ingredients
  

Meat mixture

  • 1 cup Parsley leaves
  • 1 cup white Onion
  • 6 cloves Garlic
  • 2 lbs ground lean Beef
  • 1 tbsp Paprika
  • 1 tbsp Aleppo Peppers or Arabic Chilli powder
  • 1 tbsp Cumin powder
  • 1 tbsp Coriander powder
  • 1/2 tbsp Pepper
  • Salt to taste

Tomatoes

  • 6 - 12 Tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp cooked Rice per Tomato optional
  • Pinenuts 2- 3 per meatball
  • Pomegranate molasses - drizzle
  • Aleppo Pepper or Arabic Chilli powder - sprinkle
  • Parsley & Mint for garnish

Instructions
 

  • In a food process pulse the parsley and remove
  • Add the onion and garlic and pulse
  • Add the meat, all the spices and salt and the parsley and process
  • Hollow out the tomatoes and add to an oven proof dish
  • Add some rice at the bottom of each tomato (optional)
  • Form a meatball and stuff the tomato
  • Add some pine nuts, pomegranate molasses and a sprinkle of aleppo pepper
  • Bake for 45 mins in a 350 degree oven