Piled-High Moroccan Flatbreads
with Fresh Tabbouleh (F)
Another dish inspired by our Head Chef’s recent recce in Morocco! Our spice merchants at Seasoned Pioneers have created the most wonderful blend (check out the lavender and rose petals!) to transport you to the souks of a faraway land. And you don’t even need to leave your kitchen! Besseha! (Moroccan for ‘to your good health!)
The quantities provided above are averages only.
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Ingredients
1
Bulgur Wheat
(Contains Cereals containing gluten)
2
Vine Tomatoes
2
Garlic Clove
1.5
Ras-el-Hanout
500
Minced Beef
6
Pitta Bread
(Contains Cereals containing gluten)
1
Cucumber
(May contain Celery)
2
Yellow Pepper
½
Greek Style Natural Yoghurt
(Contains Milk)
Nutritional information
Utensils
Instructions
Pre-heat the oven to 140 degrees and boil a kettle of water. Put the bulgur wheat in a bowl and pour over the boiling water. Leave for a minute, stir for another 30 seconds, then drain the water. Spread the bulgur wheat on a baking tray and put it in the oven for 20 mins before removing.
Meanwhile chop the tomato and cucumber into tiny (½ cm if possible) cubes. The easiest way to do this with a cucumber is to slice it in 4 strips lengthways, turn it around then slice lengthways into around 8 strips. Lastly chop widthways into cubes. See picture!
Remove the core from the pepper and chop ⅔ into roughly 1 cm cubes and the remaining ⅓ into ½ cm cubes (don’t mix the two up as we’ll use them separately!). Finally, very finely chop the garlic.
Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a non-stick pan on medium-high heat. Once really hot carefully add your mince beef with a pinch of salt and brown it off on the outside before removing. If necessary cook it in a couple of batches so you don’t overcrowd the pan (which can stew the meat).
Now cook the 1cm cubed yellow pepper in the frying pan (add a little more oil if you need). Once it’s a little coloured on the edges and cooked through add the ras-el-hanout, the mince beef and stir everything together for a minute before removing.
Coat the pita breads on both sides in a little olive oil, the garlic and some salt and pepper. Put them in the oven for 5 mins until they crisp up a tiny bit then remove.
Toss together the bulgur wheat, cucumber, remaining ½ cm yellow pepper and the tomato with a tbsp of olive oil. If you have any parsley from your other recipes, chop all of this and add it too. If you happen to have any lemon, squeeze in a tbsp of juice too. Tip: If you have other herbs left over in your fridge, you could also add mint or coriander.
Serve the meat on top of your pitas with the tabbouleh on the side and go for it!
