Grilled Moroccan Lamb Salad

You will love this salad, as it’s a great recipe to whip up all year round. Warm, with classic Moroccan flavours; a comforting blend of spices, as well as fresh and zingy notes. Making it perfect salad for both a winter dinner and summer BBQ’s. Simple to prepare and most elements can be prepped ahead (our favourite kind of dish)!

Ingredients

For the marinade:

• Lamb – you can either buy a lamb rack and cut into cutlets or purchase cutlets. You can also substitute the cutlets with lamb chops.
• Garlic
• Sea salt
• Peppercorns
• Cumin seeds – available in most supermarkets
• A bunch of fresh mint leaves
• Lemon – the zest and juice
• Paprika (ground)
• Extra virgin olive oil – the best quality one you can afford.

For the sumac yoghurt dressing:

• Natural yoghurt – unsweetened
• Ground sumac – a dried berry that can be found in most supermarkets
• Salt
• Juice of half a lemon.

For the salad:

• Spinach – we used baby spinach but you can also use normal spinach chopped up as well.
• Potatoes – standard white or a baby potato will work for this recipe.
• Tomatoes – we used cherry tomatoes, but substitute with whatever available to you and cut to size.
• Red onion.
• The seeds of half a pomegranate – you can buy whole pomegranates or just the seeds.
• A few more spices: Black mustard seeds, turmeric powder, fennel seeds.
• And fresh mint tips.

Cooking the perfect lamb cutlets.

A griddle pan or the BBQ are perfect for cooking lamb cutlets. Though a standard frying pan will work well too. The key to the perfect cook is to get your pan or BBQ to a high heat first. Then place your lamb on the pan and leave to sear. Allow the meat to maintain contact with the pan, dont move it around!

Grill on each side until you have good colour and the lamb is cooked to a nice medium rare. Approximately 3-4 mins each side, depending on the thickness of your cut. Once your lamb is cooked, allow to rest.

For perfect delicious lamb, aim to rest it for at least as long as it was cooked!

Lamb Salad Dressing

Our sumac yoghurt dressing bring a beautiful zing to this dish.

Sumac is a well used spice in Middle Eastern food. It comes from dried ground berries from the wild sumac flower, which grows well in subtropical and temperate regions through out the world. This beautiful spice is a wine red, with a tangy, hint of citrus flavour. Used as a traditional herbal medicine for centuries, it is a rich source of antioxidants. This less known spice is definitely worth a try for its flavour and potential health benefits too!

Perfect with yoghurt, as a dressing and can be used instead of lemon or zest. Sumac also works well with fish, chicken and vegetables.

Grilled Moroccan lamb salad with sumac yoghurt dressing, is a fragrant, delicious dish that will look beautiful on any table. And is sure to wow your family and friends.

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