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Easy Scotch Lamb Pilaf

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A delicious, lightly-spiced dish that everyone will want to tuck into – give this easy Scotch Lamb pilaf a try!

How to cook & Ingredients

28 mins
15 mins
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Nutritional information

Energy

598kcal

Fats

20g

of which saturates

4.2g

Carbohydrate

60g

Fibre

13g

Protein

39g

Ingredients 

600g lean Scotch Lamb leg steak, trimmed and sliced

1 large red onion

1 lemon

115g Soft dried apricots, chopped

1 tsp ground cinnamon

A pinch of sea salt and ground black pepper

1 tsp ground cumin

2 tsp clear honey

2 x 250g packs cooked red and white quinoa

390g can cooked green lentils, drained

You can use any ready-cooked grain in this recipe, and other canned pulses like small aduki beans or cannellini beans will work perfectly. You could also add some peas and sweetcorn to add pops of colour and extra fibre to the pilaf. Or switch the lamb strips for lean beef steak or pork fillet.

Cooking Method

How it's done:

  • Heat half the oil in a frying pan and fry the onion, stirring for 2 minutes.

    1
  • Add the lemon juice, lower the heat, cover and gently cook for 15 minutes until softened and pink.

    2
  • Turn off the heat, add the lemon rind, apricots, cinnamon and a little seasoning, re-cover and leave to stand.

    3
  • Put the lamb in a bowl and mix in the cumin, honey and a little seasoning.

    4
  • Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan and stir fry the lamb for 6-7 minutes until just cooked through. Cover and leave to stand whilst finishing the pilaf.

    5
  • Add the quinoa and lentils to the fruity onion mixture. Stir, and heat for 3-4 minutes until thoroughly hot. Then mix in the lamb, and heat through for a further 1 minutes.

    6
  • Add to serving plates and sprinkle with mint and pomegranate seeds to garnish.

    7
  • Accompany with low fat natural yogurt and fresh lemon.

    8
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