But I was full of various pureed legumes & spinach pastries (and Messrs Maguires fine porter), so not especially inclined towards murderings. Lucky MikeyFox.
This recipe is based on Havuc (woooah, have-a-banana!) Koftesi, a Turkish recipe for carrot rolls. If the name sounds familiar, it's because of kofte, those balls or patties of minced beef or lamb with spices & onions. These little treats are made with pumpkin instead, making them Balkabagi Koftesi. They are herby, sweet & delicious as a snack or part of a mezze.
Half a medium sized pumpkin, peeled, deseeded & roasted (a butternut squash treated in the same way will also work well)
2 slices of bread, rubbed into crumbs
6 dried apricots, finely chopped
3 spring onions, chopped
2 tbs pine nuts, bashed in a pestle & mortar
2 cloves garlic, treated with similar cruelty in a pestle & mortar
1 tsp sweet paprika
1 egg
1 tbs each of dill, parsley & mint, finely chopped
salt & pepper
Plain flour for coating
Mash the pumpkin in a large bowl with a fork. Add the remaining ingredients & mix thoroughly. If there is any liquid in the mixture, add more breadcrumbs (bearing in mind that it should still be moist & sticky, not dry & doughy). Sprinkle a plate with plain flour. Scoop a heaped teaspoon of the pumpkin mixture into your hand & mould into an oblong. Toss in the flour & put to one side while you make the rest of them.
Heat a little oil in a frying pan & place the little kofte in it, turning regularly until they brown on all sides (you can bake them in the oven at 180c for 30 minutes, turning halfway through if you prefer).
Serve hot or cold. They go really well with yoghurt with a little lemon juice, a clove of garlic & a pinch of salt & pepper added, or with some crumbled feta or beyaz peynir
Balkabagi Kofkesi (Pumpkin rolls) with some dolmades. Om nom nom!
2 comments:
Another one of your recipes bookmarked. This one may feature on the menu soon, as I actually have a sweet culinary pumpkin to chop into.
Gosh it does look good. Very good. I may have to cheat with the dolmades though and buy some, rather than make my own.
Hehe, I really recommend them, they're delicious! They're even better the next day too! I've not tried it yet, but I figure the recipe would work with most root veg - carrots, sweet potatoes, parsnips etc so will be giving that a try.
The dolmades were cheats (MikeyFox will leap tall buildings & wash the dishes when it's not his turn for dolmades, so I tend to have a can of them stored away in the cupboard). Hopefully I'll remember to post the other tasty things I made at the weekend!
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