Wagyu Beef Kofta Kebabs With Tzatziki Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Smash the garlic cloves, sprinkle with a generous pinch of salt, and, with the flat side of a large knife, mash and smear mixture to a coarse paste. Mix the paste and the remaining 1 tablespoon salt with the meat, onion, parsley, and spices.
• Line a pan with aluminum foil. Divide the meat mixture into 28 rough balls. Mold each piece around the pointed end of a skewer (if you use wooden ones, soak them in water for 15 minutes before threading them), making a 2-inch oval kebab that comes to a point just covering the tip of the skewer. Lay the skewers on the pan, cover, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and up to 12 hours.
• Heat a grill pan over medium heat or prepare a grill. Brush the pan lightly with olive oil. Working in batches, grill the kebabs, turning occasionally, until brown all over and just cooked through, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a serving platter and serve with tzatziki and flat bread.
• If you're using plain whole milk yogurt, line a small sieve with a coffee filter. Put the yogurt in it, set it over a bowl, and refrigerate 12 hours. Discard the expressed liquid and put yogurt in the bowl.
• Grate the cucumber on the large holes of a box grater into another bowl. Sprinkle with the 2 teaspoons salt and rub into the cucumber with your hands. Set aside 20 minutes, then squeeze the cucumbers to express as much liquid as possible.
• Smash the garlic, sprinkle with a generous pinch of salt, and, with the flat side of a large knife, mash and smear the mixture to a coarse paste. Stir the cucumber, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, and mint into the yogurt. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.

Steps:

• For the tzatziki sauce: Strain Greek yogurt through a paper-towel lined colander and let sit for 3 hours to thicken, refrigerated.
• Fold the yogurt with cucumbers, fresh lemon juice, mint, crushed garlic cloves, salt and pepper. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• For the harissa sauce: Char red bell peppers over an open flame, then remove seeds and clean the skin.
• Boil Fresno chiles in salted water in a pot on medium heat until the vegetables start to soften. Drain, then deseed and remove the membranes of the chiles.
• Toast cumin seeds, coriander and caraway seeds in a skillet until fragrant. Crush the toasted spices in a spice grinder with mint and salt until finely ground.
• Blend the spice mixture with the roasted red bell peppers, Fresno chiles, vegetable oil, garlic and lemon juice until smooth. Drizzle in olive oil while blending.
• For the tahini sauce: Blend tahini, water, lemon juice, salt and garlic.
• For the kebabs: Mix ground beef, allspice, nutmeg, salt, cinnamon, pepper, ginger, garlic, onion and parsley in a bowl by hand, then refrigerate overnight.
• Form the mixture into 4 to 6 balls, then put each on a metal skewer. Lengthen the meat into elongated kebab shapes and grill over medium heat, 2 to 3 minutes per side.
• Warm the pita with a little butter and swipe with the tzatziki sauce. Top with the kebab, then squirt with tahini sauce and harissa sauce.

Steps:

• PREPARING THE TZATZIKI SAUCE: Place the Greek yogurt, grated cucumber, minced garlic, 1 teaspoon of lemon zest, juice from one lemon, black pepper, kosher salt, and minced dill in a bowl.Mix until well combined.Cover the bowl, and refrigerate for up to 24 hours
• PREPARING THE FULLBLOOD WAGYU BEEF KOFTAS: Place the Fullblood Wagyu ground beef, minced onion, minced garlic, kosher salt, black pepper, ground cumin, oregano, sumac, cayenne pepper, and cinnamon in a medium size bowl.Mix until well combined.Cover the bowl, and place the beef mixture in the refrigerator for 2-6 hours. Once the Fullblood Wagyu beef kofta has sat for 2-6 hours, pull the bowl from the refrigerator.Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.Holding a skewer in one hand, mold about 1/2 a cup of the beef kofta mixture around the skewer. Tightly pack it on. It will be about 4 inches long by 1 inch wide on the skewer. Place the kebab on the lined baking sheet.Repeat this process until all of the beef koftas are on skewers. Place the baking sheet of beef koftas in the freezer for 30 minutes, allowing them to firm up.
• PREPARING THE VEGETABLES AND PITA BREAD: Preheat your oven to 350°F.Cut up your roma tomatoes and half of a cucumber into bite-size pieces.Julienne your small red onion.Remove the stems from your flat leaf parsley.Place the tomatoes, cucumber, onion, and flat leaf parsley on a large platter. Reserve.Place your pita bread on a baking sheet, and warm it up in the oven (usually takes about 10 minutes)
• FINAL STEPS: Heat a BBQ or gas grill on medium-high heat for 10 minutes. Grill the Fullblood Wagyu beef koftas for 4 minutes on each side. Remove them from the grill, and place them on a baking sheet to rest. Then, place the beef koftas on the platter with the tomatoes, cucumber, onion, and parsley. Serve them with warm pita bread and tzatziki sauce.Enjoy!