Description
A comforting Moroccan inspired dish, alive with flavours, spices and heat from the harissa, let those juices sink into the fluffy flatbread with fresh pomegranate and yoghurt on the side.
Ingredients
Scale
- 400g/14.1 oz Stewing Lamb (cut into pieces)
- 1 tablespoon butter/smen
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- A few sprigs of Rosemary
- A few sprigs of Thyme
- 1 Medium Onion, diced
- Black pepper
- 3/4 cloves of garlic
- 4 tablespoons Rose Harissa
- 1/2 pomegranate, seeds
- 250g Natural Yoghurt
- Olive Oil
- Flatbreads:
- 200g self raising flour
- 200g natural yoghurt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Any spices, sumac, chilli you wish to add
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4 . Place the lamb pieces in a bag, rub into it the butter, then sprinkle over your cumin and coriander. Add your salt, thyme along with the rosemary, 2 tablespoons of harissa and a few good pinches of pepper.
- Smash the garlic cloves and put them into the bag, make sure all the meat is covered well with the marinade.
- In a casserole dish, add 2 tablepoons of olive oil, put all the meat into the dish and sear till slightly brown, take out and set aside. Then fry the onions till softened, return the meat back to the dish, stir and mix well. Add in enough water to just about cover the meat.
- Cover and place into the oven for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until when fored, meat gently falls off the bone.
- While this is cooking, make your flatbreads, in a bowl mix the flour with the baking powder and sumac or chilli or any other spices. Then add the yoghurt, knead well till a dough is formed on a lightly floured surface. Divide into balls, depending on how many you want, warm up a saucepan with a dadh of oil, then place on for a couple of minutes each side till slightly golden.
- Serve on a plate with the harissa lamb pieces on top,sprinkle with pomegranate seeds, add a dollop of yoghurt on the side and spoonful of harissa over it, can also be eaten with salad.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour