Recipe: Tasty Kabab Meat Balls with Cherry

Kabab Meat Balls with Cherry. Put the cherries, sugar and pomegranate molasses in a pot large enough to eventually hold the meatballs and bring to a bubble over medium heat. Reduce the heat to medium-low and, stirring. Mix in the cherries with the soaking water.

Cherry Kebab: Braised Meatballs in Sour Cherry Sauce Cherry Kebab is a specialty dish coming from Aleppo, a city located in Northern Syria. Although I've never had the chance to visit Aleppo, I was lucky enough to try this amazing meal in Syrian and Armenian restaurants. Why Armenian? because this dish is mostly popular among Armenian in Syria. You can cook Kabab Meat Balls with Cherry using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Kabab Meat Balls with Cherry

1. It's of cherries, sour, dried and pitted.
2. It's of ground beef.
3. Prepare of large onions, chopped.
4. You need of nutmeg, grated.
5. You need of clove.
6. You need of cinnamon.
7. It's of salt.
8. It's of pepper.
9. You need of vegetable oil.
10. It's of juice of 1 lemon.

Cherry Kebab (Arabic: كباب كرز‎) is a special kind of kebab, which is made with minced lamb and cherry. The original name in Arabic is Kebab B'il Karaz. Cherry kebab is a specialty dish from Aleppo, the largest city in Syria with heritage and history. Add sugar; To serve, prepare a plate with Arabic bread.

Kabab Meat Balls with Cherry instructions

1. Put the cherries in a bowl and pour water over them until they are just covered (not more). Let soak for around 30 minutes..
2. Meanwhile, mix the meat, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Knead into paste-like dough..
3. Take walnut-sized pieces of the mix and roll into balls..
4. Fry the meat balls in 5 tablespoons of oil till they start to change colour from the outside. Remove, drain and keep aside..
5. Fry the onion with 1 tablespoon of oil until it turns soft. Mix in the cherries with the soaking water. Add in the lemon juice..
6. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes then stir in the meatballs and simmer for another 10 minutes or until they have absorbed most of the cherry juice..
7. Serve warm with plain rice or pita bread..

Pour sauce and add meatballs; Tips: You can add pine nuts, cinnamon powder and herbs. Bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar has dissolved, then. Mix the meat with the spices, season with salt and pepper then roll into marble-sized balls. In a shallow pan, sauté in butter over medium heat until evenly browned. Who knew cherries could make such a great sauce for meatballs?