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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Steph's Lebanese Dip

Ingredients:
1 large container hummus
½ cup finely chopped cucumbers
½ cup finely chopped tomatoes
 
Lebanese Spice Mix
3/4 Tblsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
¼ tsp allspice
¼ tsp marjarom
1/8 tsp cumin
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
 
Meat mixture:
2 Tblsp ghee        
1/4 cup pine nuts
1 lb lean ground chuck
1 onion, chopped fine
2 Tblsp Lebanese Spice Mix
 
Tzatziki:
2 cups sour cream (can use 3 cups Greek yogurt or sour cream strained in cheesecloth overnight, for a thicker, creamier spread)
1/2 cucumber, grated or processed in a food processor
2 tablespoons dillweed (or to taste)
1 tablespoon minced garlic
Juice of 1 lemon 
Salt, to taste
 
Preparation:
1. Mix all ingredients for Lebanese Spice Mix and set aside to cool.
 
2. Make meat mixture by putting ghee in skillet and heat.
 
3. Add meat filling ingredients of ground chuck, onion, pine nuts and spices.
 
4. Chop meat up while cooking, until it is crumbly. Cook until meat is done, then test to make sure there is enough salt in meat. Add salt if needed. Drain meat, then set aside to cool. 
 
5. Make tzatziki by grating or processing the cucumber. 
 
6. Put cucumber on a paper towel, sprinkle with salt, and let it sit for 10 minutes to remove some of the moisture. You can wring it out and blot it to get it as "dry" as possible.
 
7. Mix all remaining tzatziki ingredients together with a whisk.
 
8. Spread hummus in bottom of casserole dish.
 
9. Spread cooled meat over hummus.
 
10. Top meat with tzatziki, spreading carefully to avoid mixing meat into tzatziki.
 
11. Sprinkle tzatziki layer with cucumbers and tomatoes.
 
12. Serve with pita chips, bagel crisps or another sturdy chip.

 

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