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hamin

Hamin

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 20 minutes
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Servings

6 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup dried chickpeas soaked in cold water overnight
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 cup dried pinto beans soaked in cold water overnight
  • 1 1/2 cups barley
  • 1 pound stewing beef
  • 2 medium potatoes peeled and cut into large chunks
  • 10 prunes
  • 6 dried apricots
  • 6 large eggs
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 3 large garlic cloves
  • 7 cups water
  • 5 tablespoons kosher salt
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons sweet Hungarian paprika
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon chile flakes
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  • Cut three 9-inch squares of cheesecloth. You will use these to make little sachets of chickpeas, pinto beans, and barley. 
  • Place the chickpeas, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt, and 1/8 teaspoon of the pepper in the center of one cheesecloth square. Gather up all four corners to make a loose sachet and tie it up with kitchen string. Repeat this process with the pinto beans, 1/2 teaspoon of the remaining salt, and 1/8 teaspoon of the remaining pepper in another cheesecloth square. Repeat with the barley, 1/2 teaspoon of the remaining salt, and 1/8 teaspoon of the remaining pepper. Set these sachets aside.
  • Season the beef with the remaining 1 teaspoon salt and the remaining 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Place a single layer of meat at the bottom of a 6-quart Dutch oven or other large, heavy pot. Then scatter in half of the potato chunks, half of the prunes and apricots, and all three cheesecloth sachets. If there is any meat left over, add it to the top with the remaining prunes and apricots.
  • Nestle the uncracked eggs into the top layer of all the goodies along with the bay leaves and garlic.
  • Whisk all the sauce ingredients together and pour the sauce over the hamin goodies. Place the Dutch oven on the stove over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.
  • Preheat the oven to 200°F.
  • When the hamin and sauce come to a boil, remove from the heat. Place a lid on the Dutch oven and bake overnight for at least 8 and up to 12 hours.
  • The hamin is ready when you wake up the next morning with the aromatic scent of beef in your house.
  • CREDIT: "Excerpted from Balaboosta by Einat Admony (Artisan Books).Copyright © 2013. Photographs by Quentin Bacon."
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