Versatile Mini Koftes from Snowbird foods are proving a welcome and challenging addition to the menus of a number of mid-spend restaurants and, the company reports, they are being used in many different ways.
Their authentic Middle Eastern flavour has ensured repeat purchases of the 20g products which contain more than 90 per cent lamb and no less than 19 herbs, spices and flavourings.
Feedback from customers shows the bite-sized specialities are being used in multiples as main meal centres and have become a sought-after spicy addition to sharing platters of meat.
Other serving options reported have included spiced gravy, curry sauce, boiled and fried rice, warmed and cold flatbreads, potatoes (boiled as well as chipped!), bulgur wheat, quinoa, selected vegetables, eggs, crunchy salads and even tangy yoghurt sauces.
The product’s delicate “heat” has found favour with older children as well as adults and, having been fully cooked at the factory stage before being frozen, the interestingly irregularly tube-shaped koftes can be microwaved from frozen in seconds or oven heated in batches.
“Restaurateurs are telling us that many customers have tried to name all the ingredients, so far without managing all 20,” said Snowbird commerical and marketing director, Roy Anderson.
For the record these are: lamb, onion, potato starch, lemon juice, salt, black pepper, cardamom, cloves, coriander, cumin, ginger, nutmeg, paprika, mint, parsley, thyme, mustard seeds, garlic powder, red bell peppers and crushed chillies.
Authentic Lamb Koftes from Snowbird foods are available gluten free or with added wheat gluten.