@chefjjskitchen: Meatballs in cherry sauce A dish from the stunning city of Aleppo Ingredients: - 1 kg mince ( 80%-20% ) - 1 kg cherries ( frozen or fresh ) - salt & pepper - parsley - pine nuts - 1 tsp seven spice - 2 sticks of cinnamon - couple of mastic stones (optional) - bread - olive oil - mix the mince with salt pepper seven spice olive oil and parsley. - shape the mince into meatballs then grill them in the oven at 220c for 20 minutes. - place a lit charcoal on the tray with a drizzle of olive oil then cover the tray for about 30 minutes. - remove the pits from the fresh cherries then blend them into a smooth juice. - pour the juice in a pan with two sticks of cinnamon and a few mastic stones. Taste the sauce if its too sour add a bit of sugar. And adjust the salt. - add the meatballs give them a stir to coat them with the sauce. - garnish with toasted pine nuts and parsley. Have them with bread and enjoy.
I'm Greek, all the ingredients are familiar to me but I'd never think to combine cherries with mastic and meatballs. sounds incredible, I might give it a go when I'm in a cooking mood!
2024-12-12 13:20:28
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Vocal Attitude :
Me, a Flemish Belgian who grew up on our regional dish of meatballs and sour cherry sauce: 👀🧐🥹🥳
2024-12-11 20:54:59
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Piano Comics :
mastic stones???! like from Greece mastic or do you also have in Syria mastic???🥰👏
2024-12-12 21:12:13
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FOX 🇧🇻🇵🇹 :
never tried but syrian food must be delicious 🙏🏻🥰 hope I get to visit soon!
2024-12-10 15:42:22
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M∆DNE$$ :
if there's any Tunisian here ...did ya all heard it or it just me 💀
2024-12-12 11:03:39
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Afnan Tayyab 🍉 | أفنان طيب 🍉 :
Never had this, but I’m assuming it would be quite tart 🤔
2024-12-10 20:06:44
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💫Summ3r☀️ :
What do the mastic stones add?
2024-12-12 03:56:43
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AK :
I hate minced meat 😭
2024-12-12 09:19:09
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🌞🌻Just_Scrolling_Along🌞🌻 :
is minced beef?
2024-12-10 17:32:19
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toqa :
try to put the charcoal in the outer layer of an onion. the smokey flavour is 🤌
2024-12-10 18:37:13
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Nataly Mualem :
I’m from Idlib and this was my favorite dish growing up and we recreate it for every occasion. Thanks for sharing
2024-12-11 01:30:39
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bitchicant :
Should I use sour-cherries? In my country we have both
2024-12-10 16:20:20
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Robo :
Never had this maybe pomegranate syrup not cherries
2024-12-10 17:16:10
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Darth_Cyphirr :
What are mastic stones?
2024-12-12 05:31:50
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X.996 :
I had it before in Palestine. It is AMAZING
2024-12-11 00:06:20
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