Protein Swap | Goodfood Travels: Lebanon's Beef Arayes
with Toum & Chopped Salad
Cooking time
25 minutes
Servings
2/4
Calories
660 /serving
Goodfood goes global! We’re travelling the world in search of culinary inspiration, and bringing you our best finds. Next stop: Lebanon, where meat-stuffed pita, grilled to crispy, is a top street food. We set off the warm spices with garlic sauce and a lemon-mint salad.
We will send you:
- 250g Canadian-raised lean ground beef
- 50g Diced onions
- 14g Mint
- 15ml Minced garlic
- 2 Cucumbers
- 1 Tomato
- 60ml Mayonnaise
- 15ml Tahini
- 2 Pita
- 7g White Pepper & Pimenta spices (white pepper, allspice, garlic, nutmeg, cinnamon)
- 30ml Lemon juice
Contains: Eggs • Sesame • Wheat
You will need:
Basting brush
Oil
Parchment paper
Salt & pepper (S&P)
Sheet pan
Total Fat
48 g
Saturated Fat
10 g
Sodium
280 mg
Total Carb
33 g
Sugars
6 g
Protein
32 g
Fibre
5 g
Preparation
Prepare & roast the arayes
- Preheat the oven to 425°F.
- Crumble the patties.
- In a medium bowl, combine the crumbled patties, onions, ⅔ of the garlic, the spices (start with ¾ for a milder flavour) and S&P.
- Halve the pita and carefully open the pocket; fill with the patty mixture and spread evenly.
- Brush both sides of the arayes with oil and arrange on a lined sheet pan.
- Roast, flipping halfway, 8 to 10 min., until lightly browned and crisp.
Make the salad
- Meanwhile, quarter the cucumbers lengthwise; cut crosswise into ½ inch pieces.
- Medium-dice the tomato.
- Pick the mint leaves off the stems; roughly chop the leaves.
- In a second medium bowl, combine the cucumbers, tomato, mint, all but a splash of the lemon juice, a drizzle of oil and S&P.
Make the toum
- In a small bowl, combine the mayo, tahini, remaining garlic and lemon juice, 1 tbsp water (double for 4 portions) and S&P.
Plate your dish
- Divide the arayes and salad between your plates.
- Serve the toum on the side. Bon appétit!
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*Health Canada recommends cooking ground beef to a minimum internal temperature of 71°C.
