Lahme bil Karaz

Name: Lahme bil Karaz
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Syria
Ingredients: 500g lamb mince; 1 small onion, finely grated; half tsp each allspice, cinnamon, black pepper; 400g sour cherries (tinned or frozen), pitted; 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses; 1 tbsp sugar; 50g pine nuts, toasted; salt to taste

Syria

Lahme bil karaz is one of Aleppo's signature dishes, reflecting the city's tradition of combining meat with fruit. Aleppo, before the war, was considered one of the great food cities of the Arab world.

Syria's magnificent sour cherry meatballs — spiced lamb meatballs cooked in a sauce of tart sour cherries. Sweet, sour and deeply aromatic. One of Aleppo's greatest dishes.

Prep

30 mins

Cook

40 mins

Difficulty

Medium

Calories

465 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

500glamb mince

1 smallonion, finely grated

half tsp eachallspice, cinnamon, black pepper

400gsour cherries (tinned or frozen), pitted

2 tbsppomegranate molasses

1 tbspsugar

50gpine nuts, toasted

saltto taste

Method

Mix lamb with grated onion and spices. Form into small walnut-sized balls.

Brown meatballs in butter until golden all over. Remove.

Cook sour cherries with pomegranate molasses, sugar and a splash of water for 10 minutes.

Return meatballs to the cherry sauce. Simmer 20 minutes.

The sauce should be sweet, sour and slightly thick.

Scatter toasted pine nuts over. Serve with flatbread or rice.

Chef's Tip

The balance of sweet and sour is the entire point of this dish — taste the sauce and adjust the molasses and sugar until it's perfectly balanced.

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