INTERNATIONAL PALEO RECIPES: BEEF KOFTA

INTERNATIONAL PALEO RECIPES: BEEF KOFTA

Living in a huge city like Madrid can be overwhelming for many people and there is always the distances to be traveled to move from one neighborhood to another. On the other hand, nobody can deny that cultural and gastronomic offer is huge, and me, I love to eat, this makes me very happy.

This weekend, between courses and various events, I hardly have passed for home and eaten restaurant and dined with the difficulty involved if you do not eat gluten or dairy or sugar:

• Friday: dinner at an Italian-Argentinean restaurant where I could enjoy a strip roast (beef).
• Saturday: dinner at a Greek restaurant, I went by chance and discovered that in addition to its famous moussaka, also make delicious grilled meats.

And my favorite of the weekend: Sunday was a Bulgarian restaurant that had been recommended to me especially. Yes, I also thought, Bulgarian? But what is eaten in Bulgaria? (* Data restaurant at the end of post)

Reading the letter, the first thing you'll discover and recommend, is a lot like the very typical cheese fetta cheese Bulgaria, white and salty, and aspect:

But if you do not consume dairy products, have a variety of grilled meats, which put kebab mode (swords), accompanied with a jugosísimos mushrooms, potatoes and corn, all grilled. Almost all dishes are served with yogurt sauce:

While turning the pages of the letter, I saw something that struck me as typical Bulgarian recipe: moussaka. How? But this was not a famous GREEK recipe?

I did not want to bother the charming Bulgarian waiter, tattooed arms and biceps boxer, I was going to say that "what daring is ignorance." Total, wikipedia can also answer and nothing is further from my intention to belittle its gastronomic culture .

So researching recipes, I discovered lots of dishes shared between Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey ... but of course, seeing them on the map, neighboring nations are:

One of these dishes the kofta, today's recipe, which according to wikipedia:

• In Turkey, köfte
• In Bulgaria, kyufteta,
• In Greece, Keftedes (singular keftes).
• In Romania, it is called chiftele (singular chiftea).
• ...

and that is a kind of very spicy and delicious grilled burger.

BEEF KOFTA (MAXIMUM TIME 20 MINUTES)

INGREDIENTS (FOR ABOUT 8 KOFTAS)

• 300 grams of beef fillets
• 1/2 onion
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder or 1 clove garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon dried mint or basil spice
• 1 pinch of salt
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts (optional)

PREPARATION

• Peel and chop the onion and put it in the grinder (or blender with glass).
• Add the chopped steaks also not to late in picking your meat too.
• Sprinkle spices on the beef and turn the grinder until you check that all ingredients are mixed.
• Once made minced meat and onions, gets a handful with the mixture and shape it sausage.
• Before putting it in a pan or griddle, crosses the kofta kebabs with a stick. We help you get around while cooking.
• Cook for 15 minutes over medium heat to be making the kofta go inside, and begins to brown the surface.
• Originally, this dish is served with a yogurt sauce. To replace the yogurt, you can serve it accompanied by a coconut sauce and mix it with some spices: basil, oregano, parsley, etc. ..