Turkish Lamb Pilau

Name: Turkish Lamb Pilau
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 handful pine nuts; 1 Tablespoon olive oil; 1 large onion chopped; 2 Cinnamon sticks broken in half; 500 g Cubed neck of lamb; 250 g Basmati rice; 500 ml Boiling water; 1 Lamb stock cube; Handful mint chopped; 12 Ready to eat dried apricots

Mark Isaac @MarkIsaac

Turkish Lamb Pilau

Mark Isaac @MarkIsaac

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Ingredients

30 mins

4 servings

1 handfulpine nuts
1 Tablespoonolive oil
1 largeonion chopped
2Cinnamon sticks broken in half
500 gCubed neck of lamb
250 gBasmati rice
500 mlBoiling water
1Lamb stock cube
Handfulmint chopped
12Ready to eat dried apricots

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Steps

30 mins

1

Gently dry fry the pine nuts until golden brown and set aside
2

In a large frying pan add the olive oil, onion and cinnamon sticks and gently fry until turning golden brown.
3

Add the cubed lamb and cook on a higher heat until brown.
4

Add the rice and stir fry for 1 minute.
5

Add the boiling water, stock cube and apricots and simmer until the rice is cooked and there is no liquid (about 12-15 minutes), add extra water if rice requires it.
6

Once cooked add the pine nuts and chopped mint and serve.