Jerusalem mixed grill ( he, מעורב ירושלמי) (''me'orav Yerushalmi'') is a grilled meat dish considered a specialty of

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. It consists of chicken hearts, spleens and liver mixed with bits of lamb cooked on a flat grill, seasoned with onion, garlic, black pepper, cumin,

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and

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. The dish is said to have been invented at the

Mahane Yehuda Market Mahane Yehuda Market ( he, שוק מחנה יהודה, ''Shuk Mahane Yehuda''), often referred to as "The Shuk" ( he, השוק, HaShuq), is a marketplace (originally open-air, but now partially covered) in Jerusalem. Popular with locals and touri ...

, with various restaurants claiming to be the originators. In 2009, Israeli chefs created a giant portion that weighed in at 440 pounds (200 kilos), winning a

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for the largest Jerusalem mixed grill. They also prepared the world's smallest dish: Jerusalem mixed grill in a

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the size of a coin. According to the late ''

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'' food critic Daniel Rogov, world-renowned chefs have pleaded with one of the steakhouses, Sima, for the recipe which includes a secret ingredient described as "Georgian pepper". A variation of the dish may have the meorav yerushalmi thinly chopped and then rolled into a

phyllo Filo or phyllo is a very thin unleavened dough used for making pastries such as baklava and börek in Middle Eastern and Balkan cuisines. Filo-based pastries are made by layering many sheets of filo brushed with oil or butter; the pastry is the ...

shaped cigars which is then fried, it is common to serve Meorav Yerushalmi that way in weddings.

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