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Beef Kafta
Price range: $10.00 through $20.00
All certificates available on request (halal, health, origin)
Beef kafta, mixed by hand with parsley and onion and seasoned with seven spices. Shape it on skewers, grill it over the coals, roll it in bread.
What it is. Minced beef mixed by hand with chopped parsley, onion and spices, ready to shape.
How it eats. Juicy, herby and well spiced, with a charred outside from the coals.
How to cook it. Medium coals, on flat skewers. With wet hands, press long, even fingers onto the skewers, then grill over hot-but-calm coals, turning every 2 minutes, 6–8 minutes in all, to 71 °C. Into bread with tomato, onion and parsley.
Pack and storage. Arrives cold and vacuum-sealed, in 500 g or 1 kg packs. Keep it sealed in the fridge at 0–4 °C and use within 1 day of the packed date, or freeze it on the day of delivery (−18 °C, follow the supplier use-by on the pack). Thaw in the fridge, never on the counter.
Where it comes from. beef, checked by our butchers before it’s minced. Mixed by hand in Beirut, and packed the day it ships.
How to cook it
Medium coals, on flat skewers, turned often.
Steak doneness is a preference. USDA: whole beef/lamb 63 °C before removal + 3 min rest. For children, pregnant people, older adults or weakened immunity: choose medium-well or above and check with a thermometer. Mince, burgers, kafta and meat sausages: 71 °C. Poultry: 74 °C.
Directions
- With wet hands, press long, even fingers onto flat skewers.
- Medium coals: hot but calm, no flames.
- Turn every 2 minutes, 6–8 minutes in all.
- Cook through to 71 °C: juicy, not pink.
- Into bread with tomato, onion and parsley.