Warm lamb, carrot and beetroot salad

Top quality lamb salad

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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.

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Ingredients

Lamb
  • 2-3 Quality Mark lamb rumpsi

  • 2 large beetroot

  • 5-6 carrots

    sliced
  • 3 garlic cloves

    peeled
  • 2 red onions

    quartered
  • 2 Tbsp sesame seeds

  • 2 tsp poppy seeds

  • 1 Tbsp honey

    warmed
Dressing
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil

  • 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar

    or white wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp honey

  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard

  • 2 Tbsp, finely chopped mint leaves

Pasta & Spinach
  • 300g orzo

  • 2-3 handfuls of baby spinach

To Serve
  • 150g feta cheesei

    crumbled
  • ½ cup pine nutsi

  • mint leaves

Method

To Prepare Vegetables
1

Preheat the oven to 180°C fan bake or 200°C conventional bake.

2

Cut the top and tail off the beetroots and wrap in tinfoil. Place in the oven and bake for an hour.

3

Add the carrots to a roasting dish with the garlic, onions, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, honey and 1 tablespoon oil.

4

Mix it all up to coat evenly and season generously with salt and pepper.

5

Bake in the oven along with the beetroot for the last 30 minutes. Remove everything and set aside.

6

Increase the oven temperature to 200°C fan bake or 210°C conventional bake.

To Make Pasta and Spinach
1

Cook the orzo in a saucepan of boiling salted water, according to packet instructions. Drain well.

2

Mix the drained orzo with half of the dressing and the spinach.

To Make Lamb
1

Season the lamb rumps with salt and pepper.

2

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.

3

Turn over and cook for another couple of minutes to brown the other side.

4

Transfer to a roasting pan and roast in the oven for 13-15 minutes for medium.

5

Remove from the oven, cover loosely with foil and rest for at least 10 minutes before slicing thinly across the grain.

To Make Dressing
1

To make the dressing, whisk the ingredients together and season to taste.

To Serve
1

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.

Energy
2775kJ (663 kcal)
Protein
40.0g
Total Fat
30.1g
Saturated Fat
7.9g
Carbohydrate
52.7g
Dietary Fibre
11.4g
Sodium
420mg
Iron
4.8mg
Zinc
5.5mg
Vitamin B12
1.5µg