# The LAM-BAAAAAA-DA!

A delicious recipe for lamb saddle stuffed with pistachio pesto and grilled kebabs, served over lamb rice with tzatziki and crispy bread.

- Total time: 128 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 lamb fat
- 1 onions
- 1 garlic
- 1 ground lamb
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 cardamom
- 1 cumin
- 1 salt
- 1 pepper
- 1 cloves
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 Arabic spice
- 1 lamb stock
- 1 rice
- 1 chopped cilantro
- 1 pistachios
- 1 Parmigiano-Reggiano
- 1 basil
- 1 lemon
- 1 olive oil
- 1 cubed lamb
- 1 onion
- 1 paprika
- 1 coriander
- 1 nutmeg
- 1 cayenne
- 1 caul fat
- 1 deboned whole lamb saddle
- 1 cucumber
- 1 Greek yogurt
- 1 minced garlic
- 1 parsley
- 1 mint
- 1 dill
- 1 Lebanese bread
- 1 date molasses
- 1 pistachio powder

## Instructions

1. Render lamb fat in a pot.
2. Add onions, garlic and saute them till brown.
3. Add ground lamb, cinnamon stick, cardamom, cumin, salt, pepper, cloves, two bay leaves, Arabic spice, and lamb stock.
4. Add rice and chopped cilantro.
5. Cover and simmer for 33 minutes.
6. Make a pistachio pesto by blanching pistachios, removing the skin, and adding them to a blender with Parmigiano-Reggiano, basil, garlic, lemon, and olive oil. Then, blitz.
7. Get some cubed lamb and lamb fat and chop them by hand until you get a nice small consistency.
8. Grate some onion and strain it through a cloth to dry it out.
9. Add salt, pepper, paprika, coriander, nutmeg, and some cayenne.
10. Knead the mixture by hand for 4 minutes and form some kebabs.
11. Wrap them in caul fat and grill.
12. Get a deboned whole lamb saddle, line the inside with the pistachio pesto and those grilled kebabs.
13. Truss the saddle, season it, and grill slowly until you get an internal temp of exactly 51.67 degrees Celsius (125 Fahrenheit).
14. Grate some cucumber and strain to dry like before.
15. Combine with Greek yogurt, minced garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, parsley, mint, and dill.
16. Get some Lebanese bread, cut it up into little squares, and fry them in lamb fat till they're golden brown.
17. Slice your lamb saddle, layer everything: lamb rice, lamb saddle, tzatziki, lamb infused crispy bread, drizzle with some date molasses to balance and pistachio powder on top.

## Equipment

- pot
- blender
- cutting board
- knife
- grater
- cloth
- grill
- spoon
- tongs

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFFwxxapN5j/?igsh=ano1Yzc2N2h2cjhj
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/d57e78ce-9634-4c4b-809f-e290c8600c5a
- Extracted: 2025-01-31

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