Turkish cuisine · Meat & Kebab

Hasan Pasha Köfte

Ground meat nests topped with mashed potato, cheese and tomato sauce, baked golden brown in the oven.

Ingredients · for 4 servings

• 600 g ground beef
• 1 onion
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp breadcrumbs
• 800 g floury potatoes
• 50 g butter
• 100 ml milk
• 150 g kaşar cheese
• 400 g passata
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• Salt, pepper

Instructions

1. Peel the potatoes, cut into chunks and boil in salted water for 20–25 min. until soft; meanwhile finely grate the onion and preheat the oven to 200°C.
2. Knead the ground beef with onion, egg, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper for 3–4 min., shape into 8 thick patties and place in a greased baking dish.
3. Drain the cooked potatoes, let steam off briefly, and mash with butter and hot milk into a firm, pipeable purée; season generously with salt.
4. Fill the purée into a piping bag and pipe a tall dome onto each meat patty; alternatively spoon it on and rake with a fork.
5. Stir the passata with tomato paste, salt and pepper and pour between the nests in the dish so the domes stay dry.
6. Sprinkle with grated kaşar cheese and bake for 30–35 min. until the potato tips are golden brown and the sauce bubbles at the edges; serve straight from the dish.