{"id":279,"date":"2009-06-14T16:28:35","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T23:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/?p=279"},"modified":"2011-08-29T00:53:47","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T07:53:47","slug":"moroccan-meatballs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/?p=279","title":{"rendered":"Kefta (Moroccan Meatballs)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_289\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/kefta_on_couscous.JPG\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-289\" title=\"kefta_on_couscous\" src=\"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/kefta_on_couscous.JPG\" alt=\"Kefta with extra onions and couscous.\" width=\"365\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kefta with extra onions and couscous.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Total time:\u00a0 1 hour.<\/p>\n<p>Adapted from the Kraft Food &amp; Family recipe for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kraftfoods.com\/kf\/recipes\/moroccan-meatballs-90716.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Moroccan Meatballs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2 lb. ground beef<br \/>\n1 cup coffee, cooled<br \/>\n3 Tbsp. honey<br \/>\n3 cloves garlic, minced<br \/>\n2 tsp. cornstarch<br \/>\n2 tsp. salt<br \/>\n2 tsp. paprika<br \/>\n2 tsp. ground cumin<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. ground cinnamon<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. ground allspice<br \/>\n1 medium onion, thinly sliced<\/p>\n<p>COMBINE coffee, honey and cornstarch; set aside. In a large bowl, mix meat and seasonings until well blended. Shape into 24 meatballs.<\/p>\n<p>COOK in large nonstick skillet on medium heat 10 min. or until browned on all sides, stirring occasionally. Increase heat to medium-high.<\/p>\n<p>ADD onions to skillet and cook 1 minute. Add coffee mixture to skillet; stir until meatballs and onions are evenly coated. Bring just to boil. Reduce heat to medium; simmer 10 min. or until meatballs are cooked through (160\u00b0F) and sauce is thickened, stirring occasionally.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I&#8217;ve made these a couple of times now, and this is the combination I like best. The original recipe just didn&#8217;t have enough flavor for me &#8211; my coffee overwhelmed everything. (Strong coffee will do that.)<\/p>\n<p>Kraft drops the brand names for coffee, but I use whatever was brewed that day. I wouldn&#8217;t drink bad coffee, so why would I want to cook with it? \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n<p>Last time, served these with couscous.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your coffee changes the flavor of these mild honey-sweetened meatballs with onions. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47,45,11,14],"tags":[25,76],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1125,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions\/1125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}