Turkish Stuffed Kofte

Stuffed Kofte (for 22 people)

Filling:

• 300 gr lean ground beef
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenme pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon all spice
• Salt
• Pepper

Kofte Shell

• 400 gr beef steak (no fat, no veins), cut in medium sized chunks.
• 1 -1/2 red pepper, chopped
• 1 cup bulgur, fine grain
• 1/2 small onion, finely chopped
• 3 tablepoon red pepper paste
• salt

For the filling: Saute the ground beef with the onion until the meat is light brown and crumbly.Then drain and add the rest of the ingredients, stir.Put aside.

For the Kofte Shell: Put the beef and red pepper in the food processor and turn it into paste.After that check the paste with your fingers, if there are any stringy veins, remove them Place the bulgur in a large bowl and add a little bit of water to get it wet, but not sloopy. Add the red pepper paste onion and salt, knead them all.Slopaste little by little and knead well .During the kneading, wet your hands onee in a while and contive kneading. Do this for 10 minutes and make sure everything's mixed well.

Take a walnut sized piece from it make a ball and place it on your palm.Use your other hand's index finger to make a hole at the centre.Make the outside as thin as possible.Put 2 teaspoon of filling in it. Then wet your hand and slowly close the top.And rotate it in your palm to make the surface smooth.

Boil soume water in a pan.As soon as it get boiled leave the koftes gently into the boiled water and wt until the koftes comes over the water.After that take the koftes out and serve them hot with a lemon.