Nick and I made this last weekend, inspired by an episode of 'No Reservations' we had just watched on our DVR. I am not so much into mainstream cable "food TV," choosing instead to look to PBS for my fix, but I make an exception for Tony Bourdain. He consistently provides great inspiration from the cuisine of his exotic locales.
We made our kefta with ground beef because I sadly have an aversion to ground lamb. The ground beef was delicious, amazing really, with the addition of the spices. Certainly much more flavorful than traditional grilled burgers (which I love) and a really fun choice for upcoming summer grill outs. Nick found the recipe online, and I'm not sure which one it was, but this one closely approximates it. Just a little advice: when the directions say to soak the skewers, it's probably a good idea to do it, as you can see from the pictures what happens when you don't.
We served our kefta on a bed of spinach dressed in a lovely ginger-miso-apple dressing. JJ sent me the recipe and it's delicious. She stated that she modified several different recipes to come up with something that approximated a ginger-miso dressing she'd had somewhere. If you want to make your own, just combine roughly equal portions of olive oil, sweet white miso and finely shredded apple, and season with sesame oil, rice vinegar and grated ginger to taste. Add a little sugar if you'd like and then add apple cider vinegar, apple juice, or a combination of the two until the consistency is to your liking. It's really good, and worked great with the kefta. Thanks for the recipe JJ!
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Looks yummy~ glad you liked the dressing! :)
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