JOIN! 12 Weeks for $1

Cookish

Beef and Pine Nut Kofte

4 Servings

30 minutes

Made This Recipe? Write a Review.
Thank you for submitting your review! A member of our team is confirming the review meets our site's Community Guidelines. It will be posted on the site shortly.

These Turkish-style kofte (meatballs—or, in this case, patties) get their fine, tender texture and rich flavor from processing the beef with ground pine nuts, parsley and spices. Moistening your hands when shaping the mixture helps minimize sticking. Serve with warmed flatbread, sliced onion, diced tomato and/or cucumber, plus yogurt mixed with a little tahini.

4

Servings

30 minutes

Ingredients

  • ½

    cup pine nuts

  • ½

    cup lightly packed fresh flat-leaf parsley, plus chopped parsley to serve

Pardon the interruption

You need to be a Milk Street Digital Member to see the full recipe

JOIN MILK STREET DIGITAL & PRINT
12 WEEKS FOR JUST $1

and get access to all of our recipes and articles online, as well as in print.

GET DIGITAL & PRINT
How we use your email.

Your email address is required to identify your subscription. We will use it for customer service as well as other communications from Milk Street. We will not share, or rent your email address.

Reviews
Joanna W.
November 16, 2022
yes
Delicious. pine nuts are an excellent binder
Deborah W.

These were outstanding, and so easy to make. So tender as well, which is great as I find many restaurant kofta to be too dense and rubbery.

I made mine a bit smaller, about 2 inches in diameter. Perfect size to stuff into a pita with yogurt tahini sauce and all the fixings. These will be a staple in our house. Yum.

Jennifer B.

agree, delicious and easy. loved the crunchy crust and soft interior.

Pavlo N.

I used recommended amount of salt 2 tsp per 1 lb of meat and they ended up being too salty. Otherwise very flavorful.

Joanne E L.

This was not bad, not great, just OK. Perhaps they would taste better if they were grilled on a BBQ. I am not sure if the pine nuts added anything to the flavour. However, this was easy to make.