Spiced lamb with eggplant salad
Australian Gourmet Traveller fast recipe for spiced lamb with eggplant salad.
- Serves 4 - 6
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Ingredients
- 1 tsp each ground cumin and ground coriander
- ½ tsp dried mint
- Finely grated rind of ½ lemon and juice of 1
- 8 lamb neck chops
- For drizzling: olive oil
Eggplant salad
- 2 eggplant, cut into rough 2cm dice
- ½ tsp each ground cumin and smoked paprika
- 120 ml olive oil
- 2 tbsp each red wine vinegar and lemon juice
- 2 tbsp tahini
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 1 cup coarsely torn flat-leaf parsley
- ½ cup coarsely torn mint
- 1 spring onion, thinly sliced
- ½ preserved lemon, flesh discarded, rind rinsed and thinly sliced
Method
Main
- 1For eggplant salad, preheat oven to 200C. Combine eggplant, spices and half the oil in a bowl, season to taste and spread on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake until tender and golden brown (10-12 minutes), then tip into a bowl. Meanwhile, whisk vinegar, lemon juice, tahini, garlic and remaining oil in a bowl to combine and season to taste. Drizzle mixture over roast eggplant to taste, toss to coat, then toss with remaining ingredients just before serving.
- 2Heat a barbecue or char-grill pan to high. Combine spices, dried mint and rind in a bowl, then scatter over lamb and season to taste. Drizzle with a little olive oil, then grill until cooked to your liking (6-8 minutes for medium-rare). Rest for 5 minutes, then serve with eggplant salad.