Middle Eastern · Lunch
Spiced Ground Meat Wrap
Ground beef simmered with onion, garlic and a warm spice blend of cumin, cinnamon and allspice, folded into a warmed flatbread with tahini sauce, chopped tomato, cucumber and pickled turnip. The filling is browned until deeply savoury, finished with lemon, then rolled tight for eating by hand.
$4
12 minsPrep
10 minsCook
22 minsTotal
EasyLevel
Nutrition per serving
620Calories
36gProtein
36gFat
40gCarbs
6.5gSugar
6.2gFiber
735mgSodium
135mgChol
11.9gSat Fat
820mgPotassium
145mgCalcium
5.8mgIron
2.8mcgVitamin B12
16mgVitamin C
high-fiber
protein-rich
spice-route
thirty-min-meals
all-time-classics
Instructions
1
Prep
Chop the onion and garlic, then chop the tomato, slice the cucumber and pickled turnip, and chop the parsley. Set near the stove.
2
Sauté
Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat and cook the onion for 3 minutes until softened and translucent.
3
Bloom
Stir the garlic, cumin, cinnamon, allspice and smoked paprika into the skillet and cook over medium heat for 30 seconds until fragrant.
4
Sear
Add ground beef to the skillet, breaking it up, and cook over medium-high heat for 7 minutes until deeply browned with no pink remaining.
5
Finish
Off heat, stir in the lemon juice and half the parsley, then season with salt and black pepper to taste.
6
Build
Warm the pita in the dry skillet over medium heat for 30 seconds per side until pliable and lightly toasted.
7
Wrap
Spread tahini sauce over the pita, layer on the beef filling, tomato, cucumber, pickled turnip and remaining parsley, then roll tightly.
8
Plate
Slice the wrap in half on a board and serve immediately while the filling is still warm.
Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 12 oz434g ground beef
- 22 pita (about 2.4 oz/68g)
- 4 tbsp4 tbsp tahini sauce, thinned with a little water
- 11 onion
- 4 cloves4 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp1 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp allspice
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 tsp2 tsp olive oil
- 44 tomato slices
- 11 cucumber
- 4 tbsp4 tbsp pickled turnip
- 2 tsp2 tsp lemon juice
- a small handful of parsley
- salt and black pepper to taste
