Saturday, March 6, 2010

Lady’s Wrist and Mortadella




Lady’s wrist or Lebanese Mortadella is a savoury dish prepared either with beef, lamb or a combination of the two or from chicken… in This recipe we are using beef.

For the Meat:
700 gm of roast beef
½ head of garlic (if you like garlic you can add more)
2 green peppers cleaned and sliced
1 tsp of freshly ground black pepper
1 ½ tsp of sea salt
2 large eggs
1 cup of bread crumbs

Clean the beef from fat and cut into cubes. In a food processor add cubed meat, garlic and green bell pepper and grind finally until the meat gather on one side of the blade, you might do that in several batches… add the egg and bread crumbs , salt and pepper mix well in a bowl to combine.

For the Stuffing:

½ head of garlic sliced
1 cup of roasted pistachio
Or 1 cup of green olives
For the boiling water:

Couple bay leaves
1 tbsp of sea salt
1 tbsp of white vinegar

Divide the meat into three equal parts, on a cutting board laid with a large piece of plastic wrap, take one part of the meat and spread it in the centre of the plastic wrap in a rectangular shape 1 cm thick. Add sliced garlic and pistachios or green olives over the meat and take one side of the wrap and roll the meat over the stuffing using the plastic wrap to roll. Close tightly with the wrap bringing both ends to the centre, and then rewrap it in another plastic and twist the ends and tie each end with a cooking twine...

In a big enough pot, filled with water, add bay leaves, salt and vinegar. Cover the pot to boil. Add the meat wraps to the boiling water, cover and cook for 15 minutes.  Take the meat out to a plate and let it rest and cool.

If you want to use this meat as an appetizer platter you can slice, and serve it over a bed of lettuce, or you can fry it with couple spoons of butter before slicing it to give a nicer brown color. Perfect as a cold meat sandwich.

To serve as a meal… over low heat in the same pan which you fried the rolls, add another spoon of butter and same amount of flour and make a rough, add beef stock and cook on low stirring to thicken the sauce, add ¼ cup of red wine or 2 tsp of red wine vinegar to the stock add the meat and cook for 15 minutes. Serve with mashed potatoes.

Note: My late aunt used to stuff the meat with boiled eggs .
My preference is the garlic and pistachios.













 

14 comments:

Angie's Recipes said...

Looks very much like German meatloaf! My husband will love the dish!

Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella said...

That looks delicious! I've never heard of that before but I'm so glad you've shared the recipe! :D

Nadji said...

Un plat qui me semble plein de goûts.
Je note ta recette.
A bientôt mon amie.

Azure Accessories said...

Hello Arlette...how are you??? I'm home now and getting back into my routine!!!

I read this recipe and is sounds delicious...

Cheers

Trish said...

wow....that is such a neat idea. Never thot of boiling it in a wrap like that...you are brilliant. This is a must try recipe for sure!

tasteofbeirut said...

Love this dish! My aunt Wadad used to make a great one, she would decorate it inside with carrots and pistachios. Yours looks so awesome now I feel like eating it!

Mary Bergfeld said...

Your instruction and accompanying directions are terrific. I've never seen a mortadella like this before. I'll have to give this a try.

touria said...

marhaba arlette I miss u my friend & all the members of the cooking club.
Am going to try all the recipes already made inchalah.
Thanks a lot for ur visits and coments
this recipe sounds delicious, must try soon
big kisses

sabah said...

It's new for me, I didn't know this recipes before. Thanks for sharing.
Arlette, you can take any video you like or paste a link, my recipes are for everybody, especially for my friends.

Mamatkamal said...

Salam Arlette,
Never heard of it. This looks amazing! Thanks for step by step instructions, very helpful!
Cheers

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

That speciality looks very yummy! An interesting dish!

Cheers,

Rosa

Cherine said...

Love this dish! Thanks for sharing

Kathleen said...

This sounds amazing. I've never heard of it before. I always find the most wonderful things on your blog!!!

Anonymous said...

Hello Arlette,

Love the blog, I have been lucky enough to have travelled in the Arab World and experience these types of food in their home environment, so this is a great resource for me to try and recreate some at my home. I especially like this one because I am interested in Halal Charcuterie!

Good Luck in Canada, and thanks once again.