Hasanpaşa köftesi - kefta hassan pacha

Hasanpaşa Köftesi - Kefta Hassan Pacha


Meat rounds:

* 500 gr ground beef
* 1 medium onion
* 2 thick slices of stale bread
* Handful of finely chopped parsley
* Chopped fresh basil (few leaves)
* 2 cloves garlic
* Red pepper paste or Harissa ( to taste)
* 150g (about) halloumi or similar cheese, cubed
* Salt/Peppe

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For potato puree:

* 500g potatoes
* 1/4 L milk
* 1 TBS butter
* drizzle of olive oil
* 2 wedges of creamy cheese like Kiri or LA Vache Qui Rire
* Salt/ Pepper

Sauce:

* 3 ripe tomatoes
* 1 tsp dried basil
* 1 onion
* 2 cloves of garlic
* 1 TBS tomato paste
* 1 tsp of sugar
* juice of one lemon
* 1 TBS olive oil

Sauce making:

1. Add all the ingredients into a robocoupe or foodmill. Process until sauce is formed.
2. Simmer on low until sauce is thickened.


Puree making:

1. Before you start preparing the meatballs and potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks to boil.
2. Mix the potatoes are boiled with other ingredients with fork, potato ricer or pther mashing utensil.
3. Spoon into a piping bag


Making meatballs:

1. Peel the onion and garlic tomato peel rendeleyin.1 chop them into small cubes.
2. Finely chopped parsley and the coast.
3. Get all the ingredients into mixing bowl and mix by hand until well incorporated. Allow to rest for about 10m so the flavours melt together.
4. Form balls from the meat mixture. Then using a cupcake mold or glass form the meat rounds that will hold the mashed potatoes.
5. Place one cube of Halloumi cheese on the meat round.
6. Now pipe over the meat rounds, the mashed potatoes.

Assembly:

1. Ladle the tomato sauce into a large baking dish.
2. Now lay in the meat rounds with the piped on potatoes.
3. Bake for about 30m on 200° deg oven until the potatoes are browned on top.

Serve these with crusty bread or a side salad. Optionally garnish with olives and few basil leaves.

I pray to you all bon appetite and always warmth of blessings around your table!

heni