Research for Candlemas feast found this recipe in An Anonymous Andulusian Cookbook of the 13th Century, Translated by Charles Perry. We didn't serve it at the feast but I make it at home. 

• 1 lb  ground lamb

• 3/4 lb hamburger

• 2 large cloves of garlic, crushed

• 2 tsp soy sauce

• 3 tsp vinegar

• 3 tsp olive oil

• 1/2 tsp ground pepper

• 1/8 tsp saffron threads, ground

• 1/2 tsp ground cumin

• 1/2 tsp coriander seed, ground

• 1/2 tsp lavender, ground*

• 1/2 tsp  ground cinnamon

• 1/2 tsp ground ginger

• 1/8 tsp ground cloves

• 1 beaten egg

Grind any whole spices (lavender, coriander seed etc.,) in a mortar.  Combine all ingredients as you would meatloaf and form into patties. Heat some olive oil in a large heavy skillet and fry the patties.  I like to set a lid on the skillet to make sure they are cooked through without getting too crispy on the outside.

Makes about five or six largish hamburger patties.

Sauce

Vinegar, olive oil large amount of crushed garlic and salt & pepper to taste.

This could also be made up as meatballs in oven for large service. If I were to make this for a feast I think I might make it up as meatballs and bake in the oven

A Type of Ahrash

This is the recipe used by Sayyid Abu al-Hasan and others in Morocco, and they called it isfîriyâ. Take red lamb, pound it vigorously and season it with some murri naqî', vinegar, oil, pounded garlic, pepper, saffron, cumin, coriander, lavender, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, chopped lard, and meat with all the gristle removed and pounded and divided, and enough egg to envelop the whole. Make small round flatbreads (qursas) out of them about the size of a palm or smaller, and fry them in a pan with a lot of oil until they are browned. Then make for them a sauce of vinegar, oil, and garlic, and leave some of it without any sauce: it is very good.  

Other recipes from this Manuscript

Lentil Cucumber Salad

Other Protein dishes

• Cheese and Bacon Pastries

• Doucettes

• Figgy Piggy Pie

• Green Meatballs

• Cumin Chicken Pie

• Catalan Stew

• Ravioli

• Roman Sausages with spelt and pine nuts.

• Simple Salmon Pie

• French Lamb Pies

*Culinary grade dried lavender is getting more available but you could substitute a smaller amount of rosemary for the lavender and preserve the sort of dusky flavor of the spice mix..