Main Meals

Grilled leg of lamb with minted yoghurt and fresh pea rice

6
Easy
20 minutes
15 minutes
Wine/Spirit Pairing
Graham Beck The Game Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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Ingredients

Method
  • 1.5 kg free-range deboned leg of lamb
  • 1 garlic head, sliced horizontally
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • Fresh pea shoots, to garnish (optional)
  • For the minted yoghurt, mix:

  • 375 ml Greek-style plain yoghurt
  • 20 g fresh mint leaves, chopped
  • 1 t honey
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • For the fresh pea rice:

  • 300 g basmati rice
  • 280 g fresh peas (petit pois or sugarsnap)

Method

Ingredients

1. Open out the lamb and flatten. Trim off any excess fat. Rub well with garlic, moisten with oil and season. Slide the lamb under a preheated grill, not too close, and cook for 10 to 15 minutes a side, or until nicely browned and still rare inside. Wrap in foil and allow to rest for about 10 minutes before slicing thinly. Serve with the minted yoghurt and fresh pea rice.

2. To make the fresh pea rice, cook the rice according to package instructions. Stir in the peas. Cover and leave to steam for 5 minutes.

Phillippa Cheifitz

Recipe by: Phillippa Cheifitz

Regular TASTE contributor Phillippa is a well-known South African author and food writer, and has won many awards, both for her magazine features and her cookbooks.

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