Warm lamb, carrot and beetroot salad
Top quality lamb salad
Serves
4 - 6
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
We call this a salad but it’s definitely a meal in itself – halfway between a fresh summery dish and something heart-warming for the cooler months.
Ingredients
2-3 Quality Mark lamb rumpsi
2 large beetroot
5-6 carrots
sliced3 garlic cloves
peeled2 red onions
quartered2 Tbsp sesame seeds
2 tsp poppy seeds
1 Tbsp honey
warmed
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
or white wine vinegar1 tsp honey
1 tsp Dijon mustard
2 Tbsp, finely chopped mint leaves
300g orzo
2-3 handfuls of baby spinach
150g feta cheesei
crumbled½ cup pine nutsi
mint leaves
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C fan bake or 200°C conventional bake.
Cut the top and tail off the beetroots and wrap in tinfoil. Place in the oven and bake for an hour.
Add the carrots to a roasting dish with the garlic, onions, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, honey and 1 tablespoon oil.
Mix it all up to coat evenly and season generously with salt and pepper.
Bake in the oven along with the beetroot for the last 30 minutes. Remove everything and set aside.
Increase the oven temperature to 200°C fan bake or 210°C conventional bake.
Cook the orzo in a saucepan of boiling salted water, according to packet instructions. Drain well.
Mix the drained orzo with half of the dressing and the spinach.
Season the lamb rumps with salt and pepper.
Heat a little oil in a frying pan over a high heat. Add the lamb, fat side down, and cook for a few minutes until browned and crispy, and most of the fat is rendered out.
Turn over and cook for another couple of minutes to brown the other side.
Transfer to a roasting pan and roast in the oven for 13-15 minutes for medium.
Remove from the oven, cover loosely with foil and rest for at least 10 minutes before slicing thinly across the grain.
To make the dressing, whisk the ingredients together and season to taste.
Rub the skin off the beetroot with your fingers and slice into thin wedges. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon some risoni/orzo/couscous mixture on to plates or bowls, then top with roasted veges, beetroot and sliced lamb. Sprinkle with the feta, pine nuts and extra mint then drizzle with a little more dressing.
Nutrition Information per Serving (477g)
This nutrition analysis is based on 6 serves.