Skewered Ground Meat

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb ground beef or 1 lb lamb
• 1 onion (finely minced or grated)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves, finely minced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (to taste)
• pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 wet hands in water and mix all ingredients together thoroughly.
• 2 cover and refrigerate 2 hours.
• 3 dampen hands and pat mixture around 6 skewers into long, flattened patties about 1 1/2 inches wide and 4-5 inches long.
• 4 grill or broil in oven until browned and cooked through, about 10-12 minutes.
• 5 serve with pita bread or rice.
• 6 suggestion: while meat mixture sets in the refrigerator marinate large chunks of tomatoes, onions, green peppers, or eggplant in a sauce made of equal parts of olive oil and lemon juice with a dash of salt and pepper. thread vegetables on skewers and grill them alongside the meat.