Recipe#27006

Title: SINI KUFTA (Layered casserole, hamburg with cracked wheat)

Ann Aykanian

Shell:
1 lb. lean hamburg
1 cup fine bulghour
1 egg
salt, pepper to taste 
Filling:
1 lb. fatty hamburg
½ cup onions or onion flakes
¼ cup parsley flakes
pinch of basil
pinch of red pepper
salt, pepper to taste
½ stick of butter 
Saute all filling ingredients except butter in frying pan. when well done, add butter and 
stir until well blended. Chill for 3-4. hours or until fat has hardened. 
Mix and knead shell mixture well. (Keep hands moist with cold water to knead well.) 
Line casserole pan (9" x 13") with half of shell mixture. Spread chilled hamburg mixture 
over this. Top with remaining half of shell mixture. Pour ½ cup beef broth over all. Dab 
with butter. Bake covered in 350o oven for 45 minutes. 
Serves 8