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Aleppine Meatballs with Cherry Sauce
Also known as: كباب بالكرز
Anissa Helou presents kabab karaz as a dish that symbolises Aleppo's cooking.
About Aleppine Meatballs with Cherry Sauce
Anissa Helou presents kabab karaz as a dish that symbolises Aleppo's cooking. Her recipe, adapted from Syrian chef Maria Gaspard-Samra, combines small lamb meatballs with sour cherries and pomegranate molasses.
The meatballs are seasoned with salt and allspice, then browned in butter. Cane sugar joins the cherries and molasses, making the sauce's sweet and sour character central to the dish.
Pita triangles cover a serving platter, with melted butter drizzled over the bread. The meatballs and cherry sauce are spooned on top, followed by chopped parsley and toasted pine nuts.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Aleppine Meatballs with Cherry Sauce
Anissa Helou's Aleppine kabab karaz, after Maria Gaspard-Samra.
- Ground lambProtein
- Fine sea saltSeasoning
- AllspiceSeasoning
- Unsalted butterCooking medium
- Fresh pitted sour cherriesBase
- Raw cane sugarSweetener
- Pomegranate molassesSeasoning
- Pita breadBaseIngredient page not linked
- Flat-leaf parsleyGarnish
- Toasted pine nutsTopping
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Ground lamb: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fine sea salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Allspice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual192 allspice option selected over seven-spice blend.
- Unsalted butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual193/200 dairy butter for meat and bread finish confirms Milk.
- Fresh pitted sour cherries: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Original195 fresh sour fruit selected over frozen/dried.
- Raw cane sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pomegranate molasses: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pita bread: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Normal199 pita confirms Wheat; full bread formula unknown.; Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
- Flat-leaf parsley: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Toasted pine nuts: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Origins & food traditions
Syria association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Syria
- SyriaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Aleppine Cuisine
- Aleppine CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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