Moroccan Spiced Lamb
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 1 leg of lamb, boned
- 4 -6 tablespoons chopped of fresh mint
- 100 g dried apricots, chopped
- 100 g dried dates, chopped
- 100 g pine nuts, toasted and crushed
- 1 orange, zest of
- 1 lemon, zest of
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 -6 tablespoons harissa, plus extra for the gravy
- 4 tablespoons cumin seeds
- red wine
directions
- Preheat oven to 220 degrees C/ 425 degrees F.
- In samll bowl, combine mint, apricots, dates, pine nuts, orange and lemon zests, and olive oil and mix well. Season with salt and pepper.
- Press fruit mixture into leg cavity, tie with kitchen string to hold together. Spread harissa paste over leg and sprinkle with cumin seeds.
- Place leg of lamb in a roasting tin and roast in preheated oven 40 minutes per kilogram (20 minutes per pound) or until lamb is cooked to desired done-ness.
- Remove lamb from oven and let rest on cutting board a few minutes while you make the gravy.
- For gravy, put roasting tin on stove top and bring to a high heat. Stir in a teaspoon of harissa paste, (optional), a splash of red wine and enough water to bring it to a gravy-like consistency.
- Let gravy bubble and thicken until reduced by half.
- Carve lamb and serve with the gravy, bulgar wheat (kasha) aand a green salad.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Ppaperdoll
London
I'm an American living in London since I got married in 1994 (except for a brief stint in New Jersey, and then Luxembourg). I work part-time for a national charity and also study social sciences part-time with the Open University. Keeps me busy, but I still find plenty of time to cook and search for 'zaar recipes!
Over time my cooking has meshed English and American customs together, especially at holiday time. I make a mean Christmas fruitcake complete with Fondant Icing and marzipan, but I still have a Christmas cookie party for my friends where I introduce (or subject!) them to all my favorite cookie recipes. My husband and two kids will happily eat Shepherd's Pie or Sloppy Joes, cheese and onion or grilled cheese sandwiches. The comparisons go on and on...