Sumac-crusted lamb with carrot smash and mint salad

Recipes / Salads

The tangy flavour of the Middle Eastern spice sumac is great with lamb.

Recipe «Sumac-crusted lamb with carrot smash and mint salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 26 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 2 1/2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 8 carrots, peeled, cut into 1cm slices, 1 garlic clove, crushed, 2 tsp honey, 250ml water , 1 small lemon, rind finely grated, juiced, 1 small red onion, thinly sliced into rounds, 2 lamb backstraps , 5 tsp sumac, 80g baby rocket leaves, 1 cup fresh mint leaves, firmly packed, 40g pistachios, roasted, chopped, Sumac, extra, to sprinkle.

Ingredients:

  • 2 1/2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 
  • 8 carrots, peeled, cut into 1cm slices 
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed 
  • 2 tsp honey 
  • 250ml water 
  • 1 small lemon, rind finely grated, juiced 
  • 1 small red onion, thinly sliced into rounds 
  • 2 lamb backstraps 
  • 5 tsp sumac 
  • 80g baby rocket leaves 
  • 1 cup fresh mint leaves, firmly packed 
  • 40g pistachios, roasted, chopped 
  • Sumac, extra, to sprinkle 

Instructions

  1. Heat 1 tbs oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add carrot. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Add garlic and 1 tsp honey. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add water. Season. Reduce heat to low. Cook, covered, for 20 minutes or until tender. Simmer, uncovered, for 6 minutes or until water is almost all evaporated. Use a stick blender to process until almost smooth. Stir in 1⁄2 tsp lemon rind.
  2. Meanwhile, place onion in a heatproof bowl. Cover with boiling water. Stand for 2 minutes. Drain and refresh under cold running water. Whisk 2 tbs lemon juice, 1 tbs oil and remaining honey in a bowl. Season. Add onion. Set aside to develop the flavours.
  3. Rub 1 tsp oil over the lamb. Season. Place sumac on a plate. Press lamb into sumac to coat. Heat remaining oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Cook lamb, turning, for 5 minutes for medium or until cooked to your liking. Set aside to rest for 3 minutes. Slice lamb.
  4. Combine rocket, mint, onion mixture and half the pistachios in a bowl. Divide carrot smash among plates. Top with lamb. Serve with mint salad. Sprinkle with remaining pistachios and extra sumac.