Photo: Emiliano Vittoriosi
Slow-cooked leg of lamb with kofta spices, pickled cucumber & peppered yoghurt
18 ingredients
Serves 8
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Chef Alyn Williams uses his butchery skills to bone, roll and roast a slow-cooked leg of lamb with Moroccan spices and cool pickled cucumber
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
815
Calories
51g
Protein
36g
Fat
73g
Carbs
Counts 14 of 18 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Lamb | 100g cooked | 294 |
| Couscous | 1 cup cooked (157g) | 176 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Yogurt | 170g plain Greek | 100 |
| Honey | 1 tbsp (21g) | 64 |
| Cucumber | 1/2 cup sliced (52g) | 16 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Turmeric | 1 tsp ground (3g) | 9 |
| Cumin | 1 tsp ground (2.1g) | 8 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Dill | 5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
| Saffron | not in our table | 0 |
| Peppermint | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 leg lamb about 2.5 kg
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 tsp coriander seeds
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 10 strands saffron
- ¼ tsp ground turmeric
- 20 leaves mint
- 3 garlic cloves
- 3 lemons zested
- flakes sea salt
- 75ml olive oil
- 250ml Greek yogurt strained in a sieve for 1 hour
- 1 lemon juiced
- to serve couscous
- 1 small cucumber
- 125g clear honey
- bunch dill chopped
- 50ml white wine vinegar
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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