Turkish cuisine · Meat & Kebab

Sivas Köftesi

The purest kofte: just ground meat and salt – nothing else.

Ingredients · for 4 servings

• 600 g ground beef (double-ground)
• Salt
• Lavash
• Green peppers

Instructions

1. Knead the double-ground beef with only salt very vigorously for 5 min until smooth and elastic – nothing else goes in, that's the Sivas way.
2. Rest in the fridge for 30 min.
3. With wet hands, form small, slightly flattened köfte.
4. Preheat the grill or grill pan well and fry the köfte hard for 3 min per side until colored outside and juicy inside.
5. Serve with warm lavash and grilled green peppers.