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Kabab Karaz

كباب كرز/keh-BAHB kah-RAHZ/
Kabab Karaz
About this dish

Meatballs simmered in a tart cherry sauce, a specialty of Aleppo.

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Ingredients
🥩500g ground lamb
🍒2 cups sour cherries, pitted
🍬2 tbsp sugar
🍋1 tbsp pomegranate molasses
Method
Serves 2
1
Shape the ground lamb into small meatballs.
2
Brown the meatballs in a pan, then set aside.
3
Simmer the sour cherries with sugar and pomegranate molasses until it forms a thick sauce.
4
Return the meatballs to the sauce and simmer until cooked through.
5
Serve hot with rice.
✓ What Makes it Authentic

Kabab karaz is a well-known dish from Aleppo, Syria, valued for the distinctive sweet-tart flavor of sour cherries.

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