Potato Kibbeh Stuffed with Labneh and Walnuts

Ingredients

• Boiled potatoes
• A pinch of black pepper
• A pinch of cumin
• A pinch of dried mint
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 tablespoon pepper paste
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups fine bulgur
• Labneh filling:
• 2 dry onions
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 cup labneh
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• A pinch of salt
• A pinch of finely ground cinnamon
• Filling preparation method:
• How to make the kibbeh:
• Take a small amount of the bulgur and potato mixture, shape it into a ball, and make a cavity in the center of the ball large enough to hold a suitable amount of the labneh and walnut filling.
• Close the ball over the filling and shape it into kibbeh.
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Method

1. Mix the hot boiled potatoes with the fine bulgur; the bulgur does not need soaking in this recipe because the steam from the hot potatoes will make it absorb the potatoes' moisture.
2. Let the potato and bulgur mixture rest for about a quarter of an hour before starting to stuff the kibbeh pieces.
3. Labneh filling:
4. Two spring onions
5. 1 tablespoon olive oil
6. 1/2 cup labneh
7. 1 cup chopped walnuts
8. A pinch of salt
9. A pinch of ground cinnamon
10. Method for preparing the filling:
11. Sauté the finely chopped onion in the olive oil.