Fatteh bi Laban
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Fatteh bi Laban

By May 21, 2018

“Fatteh” simply means pieces of bread. Enjoyed by many throughout the year, Fatti be Laben is often an appetizer eaten in the month of Ramadan. It’s a rich Lebanese dish of chickpeas, bread, yogurt, pine nuts and your choice of ground lamb, beef, or chicken.

Ingredients

  • 400g ground beef
  • 1 tbsp. olive oil, plus extra, to drizzle
  • ½ cup onion, chopped
  • 1 tsp ground allspice
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 cup canned chickpeas, washed
  • ½ tsp paprika (garnish)
  • 1-2 tbsp. pomegranate molasses (garnish)
  • ¼ cup flat-leaf parsley, chopped(garnish)
  • Toasted pita bread
  • 2 Lebanese pita breads (cut into bite size pieces)
  • 1 tbsp. oil
  • Roasted Pine Nuts
  • ¼ cup of pine nuts
  • 1 tsp of unsalted butter
  • Yogurt Dressing
  • 3 cups natural 2% yoghurt
  • ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp. tahini sauce
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed

Instructions

Toast bread:

  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • Drain and rinse chickpeas and set aside.
  • Cut bread into small squares and put them in a large bowl. Add the olive oil and mix until the bread is well coated. Place on a baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven until golden brown.

  • Toast pine nuts: In a frying pan, melt butter over medium heat. Add pine nuts and stir them to coat with the butter stirring frequently, until the nuts are golden. Set aside.

  • In a frying pan over medium heat, add oil and onion and cook for 5 minutes or until softened. Add beef, all spice, cumin and salt and cook, breaking up with a spatula, until browned and cooked all the way through. Remove from heat and keep warm for serving.

  • Make yogurt sauce: Mix the plain yogurt, salt and garlic in a bowl. Adjust salt and garlic to your liking.

 

  • To assemble: When the bread is browned, place it in the bottom of a deep dish.
  •  Pour the yogurt mixture over the bread, and layer the other ingredients on top as follows:
  1. Add the chickpeas and spread in an even layer
  2. Add the cooked meat.
  3. Place the pine nuts on the top
  4. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.  Enjoy!

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