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Arayes
Also known as عرايس · aryes · arayes kafta · grilled meat stuffed pita
Pita halves packed with spiced minced beef and grilled until the bread crisps and the fat soaks inward. Eaten hot, cut side first.
Typical serving
460 kcal
usually 360–580 kcal
 Protein | 28 g |
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 Carbs | 42 g |
 Fat | 20 g |
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Before you start
- a griddle, grill or sandwich press — arayes wants pressure on both sides
Ingredients
Serves 2 · dimmer marks are storecupboard
- 220gbeef mince — lamb is the other correct answer
- 2pita breads
- 1onion
- 1 handfulflat parsley
- 1 tbsptomato purée
- 2 tspghee or oil
- 2 tspseven-spice and chilli flakes
- 1lemon
Method
5 steps
chop · 7mOnion grated and squeezed hard in a cloth until it is nearly dry, parsley chopped fine. Wet onion steams the bread from the inside.
fold · 5mMince kneaded with the onion, parsley, purée, spices and salt until it is tacky and holds together.
- fold · 6m
Pitas split and the mixture spread thin inside — no thicker than a little finger — right out to the edges.
grill · 16mBrushed with oil and cooked on a medium griddle with a weight on top, turning several times. The bread crisps long before the meat is done, so take it slowly.
finish · 3mCut one open before serving: the meat must be cooked right through with no pink and no raw juice. Then cut the rest into fingers, with lemon.
Worth knowing
Arayes means “brides” — nobody agrees why, and the name is half the reason people order them the first time.
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