Lamb pastilla with yoghurt and mint
- ⏱ 45 minutes
- Medium
- Serves 4
- 👥 2-cook recipe
Golden lamb pastillas served with a cucumber, mint, and yoghurt dip.
Adapted from Great British Chefs.
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COOK 1COOK 2
1Chop the onion
Finely chop the onion
2Shred the lamb
3Plate and serve
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COOK 2COOK 1
1Chop the onion
2Shred the lamb
Shred the cooked lamb
3Plate and serve
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Ingredients
- 20 g butter
- 1 onion (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch allspice
- 450 g lamb (shredded)
- 8 filo pastry sheets
- salt for the lamb, to taste
- pepper for the lamb, to taste
- 250 g plain yoghurt
- 1/2 cucumber (grated)
- 1/2 bunch mint (leaves picked and chopped)
- salt for the yoghurt dip, to taste
- pepper for the yoghurt dip, to taste
The full plan
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1. Chop the onion COOK 2
- Finely chop the onion
2. Shred the lamb COOK 1
- Shred the cooked lamb
3. Cut the filo COOK 2
- Cut each sheet of filo pastry into 12cm-wide strips
4. Grate the cucumber COOK 1
- Grate the cucumber
5. Pick and chop mint COOK 2
- Pick and chop the mint leaves
6. Soften the onion COOK 1
- In a frying pan, heat the pan over a medium heat, Sweat the onion in the butter until soft without colour, add the spices, leave to cool a little
- Add the shredded lamb to the mixture and season with salt and pepper
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the mixture.
7. Preheat the oven COOK 2
- Preheat the oven to 180°C
8. Roll the pastillas COOK 1
- Divide the lamb mixture into 8
- Lay a portion of lamb across the width of the pastry and roll up into a 10x3cm parcel, sealing the edges with a little water
- Repeat with the rest of the mixture until you're left with 8 pastillas
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the lamb mixture.
9. Make the yoghurt dip COOK 2
- In a bowl, mix the cucumber and mint into the yoghurt and season with salt and pepper
🤝 Cook 1 hands over the cucumber.
10. Cook the pastillas COOK 1
- In a hot griddle pan, cook the pastillas on both sides until golden
- Place them in the oven for 4–6 minutes to heat through
11. Plate and serve BOTH
- Serve the hot lamb pastillas with the yoghurt dip on the side
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