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Köfteli sandviç, köfte sandwiches on homemade buns

Köfteli sandviç, köfte sandwiches on homemade buns

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Turkish sandwiches: soft, fluffy bread, golden-brown from egg yolk, and sprinkled with sesame and nigella seeds, filled with köfte (meatballs) seasoned wi…

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Recipe from Brightt11, Joseph, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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The köfteli sandwich combines two classic Turkish ingredients: homemade, small brioche-like breads and köfte, meat balls seasoned with pul biber. The recipe doesn’t detail the steps, but follows the usual method.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time40 min
  • Cook time40 min
  • Resting1 hr 20 min
  • Total2 hr 40 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$15.22 $1.90 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

8 people

Small bread

  • $1.60
  • $0.01
  • $0.80
  • $0.06
  • $0.20
  • $0.46
  • $0.98

Meatballs

  • $9.52
  • $0.35
  • $0.18
  • $0.21
  • $0.26
  • $0.53
  • $0.06

Prices from US supermarkets for 11 of 14 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Mix the yeast and sugar in the warm milk and water. ≈ 4 min
  2. Mix the flour and salt, add the dissolved yeast, one whole egg, the white of the second egg, and the melted butter, and knead into a soft dough. ≈ 10 min
  3. Cover and let rise for about 1 hour, or until the dough has doubled in size.
  4. Share them in small balls, shape them into elongated rolls, and let them rest on the baking sheet for 20 minutes.
  5. Brush them with the reserved egg yolk, sprinkle with sesame seeds and nigella seeds, and bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 20-25 minutes.
  6. For the köfte, mix the meat with the grated onion, chopped garlic and parsley, breadcrumbs, a little water, pul biber, pepper, and salt, and knead well. ≈ 10 min
  7. Form small, flattened patties and cook them in a frying pan or on a grill.
  8. Open the small bread rolls and fill them with köfte. ≈ 10 min

The bill

Köfteli sandviç, köfte sandwiches on homemade buns

  • 5 cups of flour$1.60
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar$0.01
  • 2 eggs (one of which is for the yolk to brown)$0.80
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt$0.06
  • One glass of lukewarm milk$0.20
  • 50 g of melted butter$0.46
  • sesame seeds and nigella seeds$0.98
  • 1 kg of ground meat$9.52
  • breadcrumbs$0.35
  • 2 cloves of garlic$0.18
  • 1 onion$0.21
  • Red chili flakes (Pul biber)$0.26
  • black pepper$0.53
  • salt$0.06

Total$15.22

that's $1.90 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 5 cups of flour
  • 1/2 cup of fresh yeast
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar
  • 2 eggs (one of which is for the yolk to brown)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt
  • One glass of lukewarm milk
  • 1/2 glass of lukewarm water
  • 50 g of melted butter
  • sesame seeds and nigella seeds
  • 1 kg of ground meat
  • breadcrumbs
  • One bunch of parsley
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 onion
  • a little water
  • Red chili flakes (Pul biber)
  • black pepper
  • salt

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