Sumac Oregano Crusted Lamb Fillet Recipes

MOROCCAN LAMB FILLET (BACKSTRAP)

Steps:

• Combine all the marinade ingredients in bowl, add lamb and turn to coat each fillet well. Marinade several hours in the fridge.
• Heat a little oil on a grill plate or fry pan, add lamb and cook each side until browned and cooked as desired. (mine were quite thick and it was about 4-5 Min's a side to get a nice pink center.).
• Remove lamb from heat and allow to rest 5 Min's, slice thickly and serve.
• Serve lamb over couscous with a mint yogurt sauce.

SLOW-ROAST SPICED LAMB SHOULDER WITH SUMAC ONIONS

Steps:

• Season lamb very generously with salt and pepper; place on a wire rack set inside a rimmed baking sheet.
• Toast peppercorns and coriander seeds in a dry small skillet over medium heat, tossing often, until fragrant, about 3 minutes; let cool. Finely grind in spice mill or with mortar and pestle; transfer to a small bowl. Mix in paprika, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, and nutmeg, then rub all over lamb. Chill uncovered at least 4 hours and up to 1 day.
• Let lamb sit out on counter at room temperature 1 hour before roasting.
• Place a rack in middle of oven; preheat to 275°F. Transfer lamb to a roasting pan and pour in 3 cups water. Cover tightly with foil and cook, turning lamb over and rotating pan halfway through, until meat is almost falling off the bone, 3-3 1/2 hours. Remove lamb from oven and turn up heat to broil (or to highest heat if you have a drawer-style broiler). Discard foil, transfer lamb to a cutting board, and pour off liquid in pan. Return lamb to pan; roast, uncovered, until nicely browned, about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, toss onion, lemon juice, and sumac in a small bowl with your hands, squeezing onion a bit to soften.
• Just before serving, toss mint, parsley, and a pinch of salt into onion mixture. Serve lamb topped with onion salad.

SUMAC OREGANO CRUSTED LAMB FILLET

Steps:

• Combine sumac, oregano and flakes in a shallow bowl or a plate.
• Beat egg with water in another bowl.
• Place flour in shallow bowl or plate.
• Coat each fillet in flour, then dip into egg mixture and finally coat in spice mixture.
• Heat oil in a large frying pan and cook lamb until browned on both sides and cooked as desired.
• Leave to stand 5 Min's, then slice thickly.

SPRING LAMB WITH OREGANO

Steps:

• Mix together olive oil, oregano, shallots and salt. Rub all over leg. Put meat in a bowl and cover. Place in fridge or a cool place for 24 hours.
• Preheat oven to 190C/170C Fan
• Heat olive oil in roasting tin and brown leg on all sides
• Roast in oven for 60-75 mins for pink meat, 90 mins™ for better done (see website note on roasting times)
• Allow to rest in a warm place for 20-30 mins before carving
• Serve this joint in the Italian way, alone, preceding it with a risotto of spring vegetables (baby broad beans, artichokes and peas are a very good combination, and a lovely colour), but you may like to have a few Jersey Royals, smothered in unsalted butter and rock salt.

ROASTED LAMB WITH GARLIC AND OREGANO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475 degrees. In a blender, puree garlic, oil, oregano, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 tablespoon coarse salt, and 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper. Place lamb in a roasting pan; rub with garlic mixture. Roast, turning pan once, 30 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees; roast, until a thermometer inserted in center registers 130 to 135 degrees, 50 to 60 minutes for medium-rare.
• Meanwhile, make yogurt sauce: In a bowl, whisk together yogurt, parsley, and remaining 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon; season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Transfer lamb to cutting board, and tent loosely with foil; let rest 20 minutes. Remove strings from lamb, and cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Serve with yogurt sauce.