Our best middle eastern lamb recipes - 5 recipes
If you like this, you'll definitely like: grilled lamb, lamp recipes slow cooker, roast lamb recipes, lamb chop
Chef Tips and Tricks
These Spanish empanadas are little hot pockets of delicious!
INGREDIENTS
- 2.25 Cups of flour
- 1 Egg, beaten
- 3 Tsp. of lard
- 1/5 Cup of warm water
- 5 Tsp. of olive oil
- 1 Onion, minced
- 1/2 pound of ground beef
- Salt and pepper, to season
- 1 Tsp. of chili powder
- 1 Tsp. of cumin
- 2 Garlic cloves, diced
- 1 Can of diced tomatoes
METHOD
- In a bowl, combine the flour, beaten egg, lard, warm water, and olive oil, and mix thoroughly.
- In a hot pan, pour a little olive oil and sautée the onions, until tender. Add the ground beef, salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin, garlic and diced tomatoes. Cook until beef is no longer pink, and the flavors have incorporated well.
- Roll out the empanada dough, and cut out circles with a ramekin.
- Cover a baking tray with a piece of parchment paper, and place the dough circles on top.
- Fill with meat mixture, fold in half and press with the edge of a fork. Brush with egg yolk to glaze.
- Cook at 350°F for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden.
- Remove from oven... and enjoy!
Top rated Middle eastern lamb recipes
Moroccan Lamb with Cherries

By Fargnier Edith
Moroccan Lamb with Cherries
- phyllo dough
- 3/4 lb cooked lamb
- 7 oz pitted cherries
- 2 onions
- 1 teaspoon of honey
- scant 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 2 tbsp pine nuts
- olive oil
- butter
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- salt and pepper
Savories- Lamb Kabobs

By Popkrispy
Combine all the ingredients in a chopper bowl
- 1 lb lamb mince
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Pounded green chillies
- 1 tsp crushed garlic
- 1/4 cup fried onions
- 1 tbsp chopped dhania
Move over ham, it's time for lamb! 7 scrumptious Easter lamb recipes you must try

By Pascale Weeks
Try these 7 delicious Easter lamb recipes
Tagine of lamb chops with vegetables

By Souza , blog : My secret garden
Sauté the onions in olive oil, add spices and meat, allow 10 minutes for browning
- 3 onions
- 4 sides of lamb
- 4 tomatoes, peeled
- 1 pepper
- 3 medium potatoes
- Spices (to taste)
- thyme
- black pepper
- paprika
- ginger
- turmeric
- a pinch of dried rosemary
- salt
Moroccan Lamb Kebabs

By Nadia , blog Paprikas
Cut meat into cubes
- 1 lb. lamb meat (eg lamb)
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 bunch parsley, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon of paprika
- 2 teaspoon of cumin
- 1 pinch of turmeric
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- pepper
- salt
Easter sides: the best things to serve with lamb

By Pascale Weeks
Beautiful sides dishes to serve with Easter lamb
Lamb tagine with sun dried tomatoes

By Ptitelili1982
In a tagine or Dutch oven, brown meat in oil with salt, chopped onions, white pepper, ginger, saffron, then add wat...
- 3 1/3 lbs of mutton and lamb shoulder
- scant 1/4 cup of cooking oil
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- 1 tsp ginger
- A little sachet of saffron pistils
- salt
- 3 onions, chopped
- 20 ounces of water.
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 6 sun dried tomatoes
- 5 oz blanched almonds
Any burning questions? Our chefs answer!