Lebanese Meatloaf

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup bulgar wheat
• 2 cups coarsely chopped onions
• 1 lb extra lean ground beef (7% fat or less) or 1 lb lamb
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup chopped parsley
• black peppercorns
• 1 cup plain nonfat yogurt

Recipe

• 1 place bulgur in a fine strainer and rinse thoroughly with cool water.
• 2 in a food processor, finely chop the onions. add beef, 1/2 cup water, pepper, cumin, cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon salt. whirl until mixture is a smooth paste.
• 3 add bulgur and 1/4 cup parsley; whirl just to mix.
• 4 pat meat mixture evenly into a shallow 1- to 1 1/2-quart casserole. cut through meat mixture to make diamonds 2 to 3 inches wide. place a peppercorn in the center of each diamond.
• 5 bake, uncovered, in a 425° oven until meat is no longer pink in center (cut to test), about 25 minutes. sprinkle with remaining parsley and add salt to taste.
• 6 to serve, cut diamonds apart and accompany with yogurt.
• 7 yield: makes 4 servings.