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Oregano lamb with spiced onions recipe
- Cuisine: Modern Australian
- Serves 4 - 6
The people of the Middle East make great use of lamb, spices and yoghurt. This dish takes its inspiration from this background and blends all these flavours into a delicious meal.
Ingredients
Spiced onions:80ml (1/3 cup) olive oil
1 tbsp butter
2 tbsp ground coriander
1 tbsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp each salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 small red chilli, seeded and flesh finely chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tbsp tomato paste
4 brown onions, thinly sliced
1 small red capsicum, thinly sliced
Oregano lamb:
1 bunch oregano
2 garlic cloves
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
80ml (1/3 cup) olive oil
4 lamb topsides
Olive oil for cooking
Preparation
Spiced onions:Heat a heavy-based saucepan over medium heat. Add oil and butter, coriander, cumin, salt and pepper. Stir and cook for 2 minutes.
Add the chilli, garlic, tomato paste, onions and capsicum. Stir until well combined and the onions begin to soften. Cover, reduce the heat to low and stir every five minutes. When ready the onions will be totally softened, rich and aromatic. It may take up to 40 minutes.
Oregano lamb:
Remove the oregano leaves from the stalks, peel the garlic and place both in a food processor with salt and pepper. Process until smooth adding olive oil to moisten. Rub onto the lamb and allow to marinate for 1 hour at room temperature.
Preheat oven to 180C. Heat a heavy-based frying pan over medium-high heat. Add a splash of olive oil, and cook lamb until well brown on all sides. Place in preheated oven and cook for a further 10 minutes or until cooked to medium-rare. Remove and rest in a warm place for 10 minutes. Cut each lamb topside into 1/2cm slices.
Divide the hot onions between the plates, top with slices of the lamb on each.
If you enjoyed this Oregano lamb with spiced onions recipe then browse more Modern Australian recipes, meat recipes, entertaining recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.
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