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JuliaUrfa Cololak — meatballs roasted with eggplant. This version of a forgotten dish from Armenia is a compilation of several recipes from different Armenian cookbooks — both in Russian and in English. Urfa Cololak can be eaten with knife and fork. We happened to have a sheet of lavash. Torn into pieces, it served as a wrapping material to deliver meatballs into mouth by hand. The dish pairs well with tomato sauce and Armenian jajik, a yogurt dip similar to Greek tsatziki and Turkish cacik. WHAT WENT IN — 5 eggplants 7-8” long, 2.5” in diameter, sliced 3/4” thick; — 3 cups basic chunky tomato sauce: olive oil, tomatoes, garlic, basil; — a couple of red fresno peppers, halved and seeded; — green longhorn pepper cut into 1” pieces: — chopped parsley. MEATBALLS — 3 Tbsp butter — 1 large onion, finely chopped — 5 garlic cloves, minced — 3/4 cup raisins (green are the best — they are acidic) — 3/4 cup pine nuts — 1 lb lamb — 1 lb beef — 2 large eggs, lightly beaten — 1/3 cup breadcrumbs — 1/2 cup of water — 1 tsp urfa pepper — 1 tsp cumin — 1 tsp turmeric — 1/2 cup chopped cilantro — 1/2 cup chopped parsley — 1 tsp kosher salt THE PROCESS 1. Salt eggplant slices lightly and, after an hour, wipe them dry with paper towels. Fry them in oil until golden. 2. Saute onion in butter until soft, add garlic, nuts, and raisins and cook on low until nuts and onion are golden. Let the mix cool and combine with the rest of the ingredients. I do this in a stand mixer with a paddle attachment to emulsify water and fat. 3. In a frying pan over medium high heat, give the meatballs some color. Don’t worry about cooking them through. 4. Preheat the oven to 400°F. 5. Cover the bottom of the roasting dish with tomato sauce. 6. Alternating eggplant slices and meatballs, arrange them over the sauce and scatter green and red pepper slices throughout. 7. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. 8. Uncover to give it another 20 minutes. 9. Garnish with parsley. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/food?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#food</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cooking?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cooking</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/meatballs?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meatballs</a>

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