Lebanese Food Recipes

• 3 lbs. ground beef
• 2 eggs
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 3 tablespoons parsley
• 1/2 cup soaked bread (about 3 slices)
• 1 clove garlic, finely chopped

Blend ingredients thoroughly.  Shape into loaf on a shallow baking pan.  Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for 1 hour.

Serves 6 to 8:

• 5 - 7 lbs fowl for cooking
• 1 lb. chopped lamb
• 1/2 cup uncooked rice
• 1 1/2 tablespoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 cup pine nuts

Prepare fowl for cooking.  Combine the rest of the ingredients in the order given and stuff the stomach cavity, neck and between the skin and sew.  In a large kettle with boiling water and a teaspoon salt, and chicken and cook gently for abut 2 hours.  Take out of water and place in a roasting pan and brown in a 400 degrees oven.  The water from the chicken makes excellent stock for soup.

Serves 4:

• 1 Breast of Lamb (1 1/2 to 2 lbs)
• 1/2/ lb. ground lamb
• 1/4 cup rice, washed
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Skin the breast of lamb, cutting off the fat.  Make pockets for stuffing.  Combine the ground lamb meat, rice, salt and pepper.  Stuff in pockets until 3/4 full.  Sew opening.  Place in boiling water, cover and cook until meat is tender.  Remove from water and place under broiler and brown on both sides.

• 2 Cornish hens, split in half
• 3 cups rice, cooked
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1/4 cup parsley
• Oil for frying
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 cup water

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.  Coat the hens with a mixture of the flour, the salt, and 1 teaspoon of paprika.  Fry them in moderately hot oil about 1 inch deep.  Turn to brown well. Remove the hens.  Drain off all but 2 tablespoons of the drippings.  Add the mushrooms and stir in the water as this simmers, after 1 minute, add the hot rice and the parsley.  Add the remaining teaspoon of paprika and toss the rice mixture slightly.  Put the rice mixture in a baking dish and place the hens on top.  Heat in the oven for 10 minutes.