Featured Recipe
Lamb Chops with Salsa Verde
Monday, March 30, 2026| |
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For a quick 30-minute meal you really can't beat these delicious spiced lamb chops with a homemade salsa verde, which takes this dish to whole new level of deliciousness. If desired, serve them with a delicious medley of roasted vegetables or some cauliflower rice for a healthy and nutritious low carb dinner.
Miso Glazed Lamb Neck
Tuesday, March 24, 2026| |
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The Asian-inspired lamb neck roasted for hours on a bed of stock vegetables is rich, tender and flavorful! Miso glaze is completely optional, but blending the distinct umami taste of miso with juicy lamb meat, you're really taking the food to the next level. Serve on pasta, potatoes or on bread. You can also You can also strain the liquid and cook over medium-high heat until somewhat reduced and thick. Serve alongside the lamb neck.
Lamb Shank Nihari
Saturday, March 07, 2026| |
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Nihari is a succulent, flavoursome and delicious stew from the Indian subcontinent, famous as Pakistan's national dish. It consists of slow-cooked meat, mainly a shank cut as well as bone marrow. It is typically seasoned with a complex blend of spices and often served with fresh garnishes (ranging from lemon/lime wedges and chopped cilantro and mint leaves to julienned ginger and chopped green chillies) and naan bread or other flatbreads. In Pakistan, this dish is traditionally cooked all night and eaten for breakfast with hot, freshly made naans. The name nihari comes from the Arabic "nahaar" (meaning morning), implying that this dish was meant to be eaten as the first meal of the day, purported to be served after Islamic morning prayer.
You don’t have to make the nihari spice mix from the scratch, but it is truly so much better than any you can buy from the store. The fresh homemade nihari spice mix definitely takes this dish to the next level of flavour.
Lahmacun - Turkish Pizza
Monday, January 26, 2026| |
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Lahmacun (pronounced lah-ma-june), literally translated as meat with dough, is like a thin and crispy pizza that is topped with a deliciously spiced meat mixture, can be either lamb or beef, with paprika, tomato, onion and seasonings like cumin, isot paprika and oregano. Lahmacun is offten referred to as ‘Turkish pizza’ and makes a perfect stand-alone meal but you can serve them topped with a onion salad, parsley, lemon juice and alongside a yogurt drink ayran, in which case they are rolled up and eaten like a taco.
Isot, aka urfa biber, is a kind of dried Turkish chilli pepper. It is a variety of Capsicum annuum grown in the Urfa region of Turkey. It has a smoky, raisin-like taste with undertones of chocolate and red wine. Pul biber can be used as a substitute for isot chilli, although the unique smoky and raisin-like aroma of Urfa biber is difficult to replicate. Isot is one of the main ingredients of kebab and bulgur köfte, and a MUST for lahmacun. It works very well with especially lamb recipes, tomato-based salads, mezzes and roasted vegetables.
Rosemary Dijon Rack of Lamb with Smashed Radishes
Friday, December 19, 2025| |
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This lamb recipe is easy, delicious, and looks fancy, but effortless. Prepare a marinade with garlic, anchovy, Dijon mustard and olive oil, then rub it on the rack of lamb and roast with radishes to a perfectly juicy and tender medium-rare. Lamb rack is usually served at rare or medium-rare, but you surely do medium. Like with all other meats, you'll want to let the lamb rack rest for 10 minutes before carving to ensure that all the juices stay locked in. Sweet and succulent smashed roasted radishes make the perfect accompaniment to this tender, juicy herb crusted rack of lamb.
Ras el Hanout Lamb Chops
Monday, November 24, 2025| |
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Tender, aromatic Tunisian spiced lamb chops served on a bed of thick plain yoghurt and pomegranate seeds and mint leaves make a delicious, easy healthy dinner recipe. Ras el Hanout is a spice blend found in Tunisian cuisine, very similar to Moroccan spice mix. Only Tunisian versions often incorporate chilli and hot paprika for a more spicy and aromatic flavuor. The best substitutes will be baharat or a mix of equal parts of spices like cumin, coriander, paprika, along with a generous pinch of cinnamon.
Lamb and Date Pastry Rolls with Plum Ketchup
Monday, October 13, 2025| |
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Today I have another delicious snack idea and a quick recipe using storebought puff pastry. These minced lamb puff pastry rolls with dates are really tasty, hearty finger food that are sure to win you over with their unique flavour. The fact that they are quite easy to make is just another bonus for all snack lovers. These savoury pastry rolls definitely need a creamy sauce to go with them. As I used lamb, and it’s autumn, plum ketchup is the obvious choice. However, a simple garlic yoghurt dip or Greek tzatziki would also work very well.
Sfiha-Lebanese Meat Pies
Monday, August 18, 2025| |
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The idea of filling flatbread with aromatic well-seasoned ground meat is as simple as it is ingenious. The result is so delicious that the dish, known as sfiha, esfiha, esfirra, sfija, sfihah, sfeeha or fatay, has even travelled around the world. From the kitchens of the Levant to South America, particularly Brazil where it has become an integral part of Brazilian cuisine.
The long tradition of flatbread starts in the Arab world, especially in Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon, where sfiha is widespread. As with many flatbreads, yoghurt plays a central role. Yoghurt's unique properties allow it to act not only as a binding agent, also makes the dough particularly soft and fluffy. Traditionally, sfiha is made with ground lamb, but you can also use beef. There are also vegetarian sfiha with vegetables or variations refined with cheese or quark. These meat pies are really delicious when served warm with yoghurt or tahini dip. But they taste equally good when served as cold party snack.
Grilled Kofte with Labneh and Tahini Slaw
Wednesday, August 06, 2025| |
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These kofte served with a light slaw and creamy labneh over warm flatbread are incredibly delicious, flavourful and ridiculously simple to make. A mediterranean-inspired meal perfect for summer evenings. Make them with beef or/and lamb mince. I have threaded kofte with rosemary stems, but you can use metal or bamboo skewers. I prefer to make kofte without any filler, but you certainly can add a slice of finely chopped toasted bread or even plain breadcrumb to the mixture.
Roast Leg of Lamb with Anchovy, Garlic and Thyme
Saturday, April 12, 2025| |
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Instead of inserting the garlic, thyme and anchovy into incisions, you can also whizz them in a blender until smooth, then rub the lamb all over with it. Using anchovy definitely takes this roast to the next level for the family feast. It's great served with roasted potatoes and your favourite spring vegetables or simply with a salad. Use the pan juices and onions to make a gravy if you wished. Leftover lamb will keep in the fridge for a few days or so.
Lamb Neck Lemonato
Monday, March 31, 2025| |
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Lamb neck is an underrated and economical cut of lamb. Like lamb shanks, it is a tough cut that needs very long, slow cooking, so it breaks down the connective tissue, imparting a flavour and tenderness. Lamb neck has the bone in the middle and a good amount of meat surrounding it. You can source them from Mediterranean or Turkish supermarkets. This recipe is simple to put together and a perfect cosy dinner for the family on those cold winter nights.
Roast Meatballs with Creamy Shiitake Sauce
Wednesday, December 11, 2024| |
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Juicy tender meatballs in a delicious creamy shiitake mushroom sauce served with a simple leafy salad. Easy, comforting and incredibly delicious! You can serve them with mashed potatoes, polenta, noodles or bread if you ain't on low carb diet.
Had to remove bouquet garni before roasting because my baking pans are too small. If you used one large baking pan, then pour the sauce over meatballs with herbs.


