🇱🇧 Lebanon
Kafta bil-Saniyeh
The weeknight hero: kafta baked under tomato and potato rounds until bubbling.
🔪 Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 40 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
4 people
✨ What makes it special
Tray-baked with potatoes and tomato; some houses drown it in tahini sauce instead.
Ingredients
- 700 gground beef or lamb
- 1 onion, grated
- 1 bunchparsley, minced
- 1½ tspseven-spice
- 2 potatoes, sliced
- 3 tomatoes, sliced
- 2 tbsptomato paste
Method
- 1
Knead the meat with onion, parsley, spices, and salt.
- 2
Press into a tray and top with potato and tomato slices.
- 3
Whisk tomato paste in hot water and pour around.
- 4
Bake at 200°C until the potatoes are tender and edges caramelized.
- 5
Serve with rice or bread and a squeeze of lemon.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 4