Kilis Style Baked Minced Meat

Thermomix recipe: Kilis Style Baked Minced Meat. Ready in 55 minutes. Serves 6. Step-by-step Thermomix instructions on Chef Amai.

Ingredients

• 150 g onion, quartered
• 3 cloves garlic
• 100 g green bell pepper, deseeded and quartered
• 30 g fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves only
• 700 g minced lamb or beef (or a mix)
• 1 tbsp red pepper paste (biber salçası)
• 1 tbsp tomato paste (domates salçası)
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes (pul biber), or to taste
• 1 tsp salt, or to taste
• 0.5 tsp black pepper, or to taste
• 30 g olive oil
• 2 medium tomatoes, sliced into rounds (for topping)
• 2 green peppers, deseeded and sliced lengthwise (for topping)

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 190°C (375°F). Lightly grease a large round oven-safe dish (approx. 28-30 cm diameter).
2. Add onion, garlic, 100 g green bell pepper, and parsley to the Thermomix bowl. Chop 5 sec / Speed 5. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
3. Add minced meat, red pepper paste, tomato paste, ground cumin, red pepper flakes, salt, black pepper, and olive oil to the bowl.
4. Mix 30 sec / Reverse / Speed 4, or until all ingredients are well combined. You may need to scrape down and mix again if not fully combined.
5. Transfer the minced meat mixture to the prepared oven-safe dish. Press it down evenly to form a flat layer, about 1.5-2 cm thick.
6. Arrange the sliced tomatoes and green peppers decoratively over the minced meat mixture.
7. Bake in the preheated oven for 35-40 minutes, or until the meat is cooked through and the vegetables are slightly charred and tender.
8. Remove from the oven and let it rest for 5 minutes before serving. You can slice it into wedges directly in the dish.

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