Ingredients:
1 ½ lbs. lean ground beef
1 ½ cups bulgur wheat (medium referred)
1 large onion – to be shredded
2 ¼ tsp. salt
¾ tsp. allspice
1 tbsp. pine nuts
1 small onion – to be sliced thin
3 tbsp. butter or margarine
Directions:
Put bulgur wheat in a bowl and cover with cold water. Let set for an hour until water is absorbed.
In a large bowl, mix meat, bulgur, salt, allspice and large onion that has been shredded. Mix with your hands until it is fully blended (almost like kneading dough). Wet your hands with cold water from time to time as you mix. At this point, the meat will no longer look red.
Divide meat mixture in half and spread half into a 9 x 13” baking pan, again wetting hands and spreading evenly.
In a small pan, melt butter and add the small, thinly sliced onion with the pine nuts. Sauté until the nuts start to brown but not burn.
Spread this mixture on top of the meat that is in the pan. (This is like a filling.)
Take the other half of the meat mixture and spread it on top of the onion and nut mixture. Again, it helps to wet your hands and take small amounts of meat in the palm of your hand until the filling is covered. Smooth top of mixture. Score in a diamond pattern.
Bake at 350 degrees for one hour. Serves 6 to 8.
