Christie Connelly’s Harissa Lamb Cutlets

Harissa Lamb Cutlets with Preserved Lemon Yoghurt

This is such an easy way to spice up lamb cutlets and is lovely served with a cold salad of cooked Israeli couscous mixed with diced tomato, cucumber and fresh mint, with a lemon and olive oil dressing.

Serves: 4

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Harissa Lamb Cutlets with Preserved Lemon Yoghurt

By: Christie Connelly

This is such an easy way to spice up lamb cutlets! It’s lovely served with a cold salad of cooked Israeli couscous mixed with diced tomato, cucumber and fresh mint.


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Recipe


Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 12 lamb cutlets
  • 2 tbsp harissa paste
  • Mint & coriander leaves, to garnish
  • Yoghurt sauce
  • 1 cup thick Greek-style yoghurt
  • 1 tbsp tahini
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped preserved lemon peel
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • ½ tsp sumac
  • Pinch salt

Method


  • Heat griddle pan over high heat and brush with olive oil.
  • Brush lamb cutlets with harissa paste on both sides. Place six on griddle and cook for 3 mins, then flip and cook for 2 mins more for medium, or to your liking.
  • Transfer to a plate and brush with more harissa paste. Allow to rest, covered loosely, while you cook remaining cutlets. Allow last cutlets to rest while you make sauce.
  • Place all yoghurt sauce ingredients in a bowl and whisk until combined. Serve alongside cutlets on a platter scattered with fresh mint and coriander.

  

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Christie Connelly

Christie Connelly

Christie publishes the popular Australian food blog Fig & Cherry featuring healthy, family-friendly meals and sweet treats with mouth-watering photography to match. Christie draws recipe inspiration from her Hungarian and Lebanese heritages, her travel adventures and, of course, the amazing fertile soil of the Northern Rivers with its abundance of local organic fruits, vegetables, delicious native produce and healthy free-range-reared animals. Her passion is educating parents, grandparents and carers how to shop for, prepare and cook healthy, nutritious food and to encourage children to enjoy it as well.

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