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Kyufteta

Name: Kyufteta
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Bulgaria
Ingredients: 500g Mixed ground meat; 1 Onion; 30g Breadcrumbs; 1 Egg; 1 tsp Cumin powder; 1 tsp Thyme; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 3 Potato; 60g Feta Cheese; To taste Oil for frying

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Flat patties of spiced ground meat grilled over charcoal — a staple of Bulgarian grilling.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Kyufte is ground meat mixed with cumin, savory (chubritsa), and onion, shaped into flat rounds, and grilled over charcoal — a classic Bulgarian grill dish. Along with the long 'kebapche,' it's essential at Bulgarian eateries and barbecues. It's eaten with fries topped with grated white cheese, 'potatoes with sirene.'

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a summer night at an outdoor restaurant at a Black Sea resort, charcoal-grilled kyufte and cheese-topped fries arrive and everyone toasts with cold beer.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Mixed ground meat 500g
Onion 1
Breadcrumbs 30g
Egg 1
Cumin powder 1 tsp
Thyme 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Potato 3
Feta Cheese 60g
Oil for frying To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Add grated onion, breadcrumbs, egg, cumin, thyme, salt, and pepper to the ground meat and knead well.
Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Divide into 8 and shape into flat rounds.
Grill over charcoal, under a grill, or in a frying pan until browned on both sides.
Cut the potatoes into sticks and fry to make fries.
Grate feta over the fries and serve with the kyufte.

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