Ingredients:Â
4 Large Lamb Neck Fillets (approx. 1kg weight)
2 tsp Coriander paste, ( Coriander, salt, pepper, oil blended with a small
amount of lemon juice until thick)
2 level tsps ground coriander
2 level tsps ground cumin
1 level tsp of sweet smoked paprika or standard paprika
½ tsp of cayenne, or half of deseeded red chilli pepper
2 garlic cloves peeled and crushed
1½ - 2 tbs lemon juice,
grated rind of 1 lemon
grated rind of 1 orange
3 fl oz dry white wine
3 tbs wine vinegar
3 heaped tbs chopped fresh coriander
3 heaped tbs chopped spearmint/moroccan mint
2 Red peppers (approx. 9oz weight)
(roasted and peeled, deseeded and roughly chopped)
1 onion studded with cloves, roasted and roughly chopped
295g (10oz) Quick cook cous cous
10g butter
Salt and pepper
Method:
- Remove any excess fat from lamb, cut fillets into 1-2 inch chunks
- Place onto the bottom of a shallow non metallic dish.
- Whisk together all of the ingredients listed in the top list top (except for the dry wine) and pour over the lamb, marinade for a minimum of 6 hours preferably overnight.
- Preheat grill, shake off any excess marinade, grill for 8-10 mins turning occasionally, save all cooking liquor that is released form the meat.
- Set aside the marinade that the lamb has sat in.
- Allow the lamb to rest in a dish, cover the lamb and prepare the cous cous.
- Roast the peppers in a very hot oven, once charred on the outside, remove from the oven and place in a dish covered with cling wrap or into a plastic food safe bag.
- Once cool remove the outer skin, this does not have to be neat as some of the charred pepper will add flavour to the cous cous
- Roast the studded onion in the oven for approx 35-40 mins, remove cloves and roughly chop the onion once cool.
- Make up cous cous with boiling water, drain the cous cous add chopped vegetables, fork over the cous cous and keep warm.
- Meanwhile take all of the detained marinade and add the cooking liquor from the lamb, add the wine and cook gently for a few minutes while the ingredients mix together.
- Season to taste with salt & pepper
- Serve lamb with cous cous and heated marinade.