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Soğan kebabı, onions stuffed with meat in pomegranate glaze

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Soğan kebabı, onions stuffed with meat in pomegranate glaze, from the video Makes 19
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  • 500 g minced lamb or beef
  • ½ tsp Aleppo pepper
  • ½ tsp black pepper
Mix 500 g of minced lamb or beef with half a teaspoon each of Aleppo pepper and black pepper and a teaspoon of salt.
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1½ kg small to medium onions
Knead three to four minutes into a sticky mess and rest it a few minutes.
Top and tail 1.5 kg of small to medium onions, remove the skin and the dry papery first layer, and slice them in half.
Squish a piece of meat between both onion halves to about one centimeter thick and smooth the edges.
Set the stuffed onions in a baking dish and bake at 180C for 20 minutes.
  • 200 ml stock
  • 60 ml pomegranate molasses
Dissolve half a stock cube in 200 ml of stock, add 60 ml of pomegranate molasses, 1 tbsp of red pepper paste and a quarter teaspoon each of salt and black pepper, and mix to a smooth glaze.
  • 1 tbsp red pepper paste
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp black pepper
Pour the glaze evenly over the onions, hitting every one.
Return to the oven 10 more minutes with the grill or broiler on high.
Pour some of the sauce into a jug and back over the onions, then give them a final 5 to 10 minutes.
  • parsley
  • pomegranate seeds
  • white rice
Garnish with parsley and pomegranate seeds and serve with white rice.