Qargha Baghli Mimli

Ingredients

• minced lean pork
  500 g
• rashers rind-less smoked back bacon

  finely chopped
  2 unit
• heaped tbsp. grated salt cured cheese (sheep or goat's milk

  or Parmigiano-Reggiano)
  2 unit
• a slice of day old bread soaked in milk and wrung out
  1 unit
• half a small onion finely chopped and sweated until soft in a mixture of oil and butter
  1 unit
• chopped flat leaf parsley leaves
  1 tbsp
• beaten eggs
  2 unit
• salt and pepper
  1 unit
• dry breadcrumbs or medium coarse semolina mixed with grated cheese for topping
  1 unit
• well drained fresh sheep's milk ricotta
  450 g
• grated Pecorino cheese (Romano type or with peppercorns)
  100 g
• chopped flat leaf parsley or fresh marjoram leaves
  2 tbsp
• beaten eggs
  2 unit
• salt and pepper
  1 unit
• dry breadcrumbs or medium coarse semolina for topping
  1 unit
• fresh tomato sauce for serving
  1 cup
• garlic
  2 cloves
• uncooked round or long grain rice
  1 cup
• Bolognese type meat sauce diluted with half a cup of water
  1 cup
• mixed spice
  1/2 tsp
• beaten egg
  1 large
• salt and pepper
  1 unit
• extra grated cheese for topping
  1 unit