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Moroccan · Main

Kefta Mkaouara

  • Intermediate
  • 50 min
  • roughly 2 of 4 for cost

herb-fresh · earthy · gently hot · aromatic Leads with fresh herbs arguing happily on top, an earthy, grounding base, opening aromatic and staying there.

Ingredients

  • 500g ground beef or lamb, kneaded with grated onion, cumin, paprika, parsley, cilantro
  • Sauce: 800g tomatoes, garlic, 1 tsp paprika, ½ tsp cumin, pinch cayenne
  • 4 eggs
  • Bread, always bread

Equipment

Tagine · Grater / zester

The skills inside

The tagine

Allergen screen

Found: gluten · egg

Screened for: gluten, dairy, egg, nuts, peanuts, fish, shellfish, molluscs, soy, sesame, celery, mustard, lupin, alcohol. Not screened: sulphites.

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Method

  1. Roll small marble-size kefta.
  2. Simmer the tomato sauce 15 min until thick; drop kefta straight in raw; 15 min more. 15 min
  3. Crack eggs into the bubbling sauce; cover 5 min to just-set. 5 min
  4. Serve in the tagine or pan; eat with bread only, no cutlery.

At the Table

The Pour
Syrah or Grenache/GSM
Also Right
Malbec
From the Taps
Porter
Zero-Proof
Pomegranate spritz

Lamb’s sweet grass-fat wants structure: tannin from Cabernet, smoke-echo from Rioja’s oak, or Syrah’s pepper for the spiced routes.

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Film school

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