Turkish cuisine · Meat & Kebab

Keşkek

The wedding dish: pounded wheat with shredded meat.

Ingredients · for 6 servings

• 400 g keşkek wheat (spelt)
• 500 g lamb or beef
• Butter
• Pul biber
• Cumin

Instructions

1. Soak the keşkek wheat overnight in plenty of water; rinse.
2. Start the wheat and meat with plenty of water and cook at gentle heat for about 2 hrs until both are completely soft.
3. Take out the meat, pull finely and return; season with cumin and salt.
4. Pound or beat vigorously with a mallet or strong whisk for 10 min until the mixture is creamy-chewy and stringy.
5. Melt the butter, foam the pul biber in it and sizzle over it. Serve hot.