Yeni Dünya Kebab - Loquat Stuffed With Minced Lamb
One of the Turkish words for loquat is 'Yeni Dünya.' In Gaziantep, they make this tasty kebab during loquat season. It's a real centrepiece for your table.
Servings 4
Calories 360kcal
Ingredients
- 20 loquats or up to 35 (depending on size) washed
- 500 g lamb minced
- 1 head garlic cloves separated & peeled
- 1 red capsicum pepper deseeded & cut into strips
- 4 green chillies optional
- 2 dessert spoonfuls pomegranate molasses
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp baharat see notes
- 1 tsp sweet paprika
- salt & pepper to season
Instructions
- Sprinkle your paprika, baharat and a bit of salt and pepper over your lamb mince and knead.
- Take one loquat, cut in half, lengthways, and remove the stones and membrane.
- Take a small bit of your lamb and roll a meatball to a size that will sit between the two halves of loquat.
- Repeat this process until all of your stuffed loquats are fitted snugly into your oven dish.
- Now drop garlic cloves between the gaps of your loquats and decorate the top of your yeni dünya kebab with red and green peppers.
- Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
- Drizzle the top of your yeni dünya kebab with olive oil and place in the your oven on the top shelf for 10 minutes.
- Mix your pomegranate molasses into 75 mls of water.
- After 10 minutes, remove your yeni dünya kebab and turn the oven down to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Pour your pomegranate solution over the stuffed loquats and return to the oven on the middle shelf.
- Cook for 20 minutes and remove.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- Yeni dünya kebab is an impressive table centrepiece when you bake it in the oven.If you want to, you can do this kebab on skewers.
- Sandwich the meatballs between your loquat halves in the same way and alternate them with red and green peppers.
- You can drizzle nar ekşisi (pomegranate molasses) over the top as they cook.
- If you can't get loquat fruit, you can experiment with other fruits such as apricot or chunks of peach and nectarine.
- Water your pomegranate molasses down a little if you have the syrup style sauce.
- Baharat is a finely-ground spice mix which can be bought in Turkish shops. You could make your own from a mix of a few of the following: allspice, chili, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, cumin and peppercorns.
- Calories per serving are approximate.