So now our woolly neighbours have gone, I can once again happily eat lamb without each mouthful sticking guiltily in my throat. I got some minced lamb whilst shopping and threw together these little beauties. Even #2 ate them. Miracle.
500g minced lamb
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 level teaspoon sea salt
1 or 2 cloves garlic
2 slices bread, whizzed into crumbs
1 egg
So put your lamb mince in a bowl. Grind your spices and salt in a pestle and mortar with the garlic, and add to the lamb along with the egg and breadcrumbs. Squish all together with your hands. There’s lots of lovely squelching about in this recipe - very satisfying. Split roughly into 8 handfuls and squash it onto skewers or those little wooden satay sticks (make sure you soak them first, otherwise they catch on fire). Try to make the lamb like an even sausage around the skewer as they’ll cook better.
Grill until nicely golden brown and cooked through, then serve with minted new potatoes and a nice salad. Or couscous. Ooh, or let the new potatoes go cold and then make potato salad with some mayonnaise, fresh mint and chives…or remove from the kebabs and stuff into pittas with salad.
Ooh, or you could make little teeny balls of mixture, grill them and serve them on cocktail sticks at parties with yoghurt and mint dip… Okay, I’ll stop now.
May 18th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
May 19th, 2008 at 8:26 am
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May 19th, 2008 at 11:41 am
TM: Yeh, ’twas nice. And very easy too x
Wee One: God, I know. I love potato salad. Ate a whole tub of the bought one just over this weekend! What a fatty x
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