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Lamb with Yoghurt and Herb Sauce
1 hr 30 mins plus 6 hours to marinade the lamb
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Introduction
Once the marinade is made this is an easy dish and the taste is wonderful
Oven temperature
220°c/210°c Fan – 425°f – Reg 7
Steps
Preparation
Peel and chop onions and garlic
Zest and juice the limes reserve a little to make wedges to garnish your dish
Chop all the mint leaves and coriander (keep separate)
Chop and deseed chilli (use seeds if you like a little heat!)
Chop spring onion
Instructions
Toast cumin and coriander seeds in a dry pan for 2 mins.
Put cooled seeds, onion, half lime zest, 2 tabs lime juice, yoghurt, half mint and coriander, garlic, ginger, and seasonings. Make a paste by whizzing all ingredients together
Smear the past all over the lamb, cover, chill and marinate for at least 6 hours.
Bring meat to room temperature wipe off the marinade and place into the preheated oven for 15 minutes
Reduce oven temperature to 190°c/180°c Fan – 375°f – Reg 5 cook for approx. 15 minutes for rare meat or add time to cook more.
Take out of the oven and leave to rest covered for 15 minutes.
Make the sauce and put all the ingredients into a food processor and whizz until all amalgamated season to taste.
Cooks tips
Get your butcher to butterfly a leg of lamb for you. I prepare all the ingredients for the sauce and marinade at once then it only takes seconds to make the yoghurt sauce.
Serve with
in the winter garlic green beans, in the summer with a fresh green salad
Wine pairing
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Ingredients
1 tab cumin seeds
2 tsp coriander seeds
1 onion
1 lime
200g natural yoghurt
8 mint sprigs
25g coriander
6 garlic cloves
1 red chilli
2.5cm fresh ginger
2.25kg butterflied leg of lamb
Sauce
250g Greek yoghurt
8 mint sprigs
30g coriander
75ml olive oil
2 garlic cloves
1 lime
1 spring onion
45g mayonnaise
Seasonings