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Moroccan Lamb And Cracked Wheat Salad


Title: Moroccan Lamb And Cracked Wheat Salad
Categories: Can't cook , New
Yield: 2 servings

---------------------------FOR THE CRACKED WHEAT---------------------------
100 g Bulgar wheat
3/4 pt Boiling water
1/2 Lemon; juice of
Knob of butter
2 tb Fresh parsley; finely
-chopped
2 tb Fresh mint; finely chopped

--------------------------------FOR THE LAMB--------------------------------
4 Lamb cutlets; about 100g
-each
1 tb Olive oil
1 Orange; 1/2 red pepper
1 Onion
1 Clove garlic; crushed
1 bn Mint
Salt and black pepper
1 tb Clear honey
1 tb Pine kernels
1 tb Olive oil
100 g Spinach leaves
50 g Cherry tomatoes
1 sm Green chilli
50 g Dried; no-need-to-soak
; apricots
Jug of extra water

1 Put the cracked wheat in a pan with the boiling water and lemon juice.
Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes, until all the water
has been absorbed.

2 Heat the oil in a frying pan. Sprinkle each side of the cutlets with
freshly ground black pepper, and fry for about five minutes on each side.

3 Coarsely grate the orange rind and set aside. Cut the orange and squeeze
the juice of half.

4 De-seed and roughly chop the red pepper and onion. Process with the
garlic, mint, honey and orange juice, and blend until smooth. Season well.

5 Heat a small frying pan and toast the pine kernels. Stir the blended mix
into the pan with the lamb to heat through.

6 Halve the cherry tomatoes. Place 1 tbsp olive oil in a large saute pan
and add the spinach leaves, tomatoes and half the toasted pine kernels.
Stir once and leave to wilt for 2-3 minutes.

7 Finely chop the chilli and apricots. Add to the lamb with the orange rind
and stir well.

8 Once the wheat has absorbed all the water, stir in the butter, herbs and
remaining kernels. Add some more water to the sauce as required and stir
well.

9 Spoon the wheat into a heap onto a plate and top with the spinach. Place
two lamb chops next to the pile and spoon over the sauce. Garnish with a
sprig of mint and serve.

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Recipe by: Can't Cook Won't Cook

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