This another of my variations of shepherd's pie with spicy lamb and pine nuts, another favourite from Sam & Sam Clark who run the Moro restaurant.
Take a tortilla, add the filling, spring onions, cucumbers and sour cream, roll it up and enjoy. The idea came from crispy duck pancakes.
Fillings of this style is likely to originate from the Middle East.
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| Servings: | Serves 2 |
| Calories per serving: | 1055 |
| Ready in: | 35 minutes |
| Prep. time: | 15 minutes |
| Cook time: | 20 minutes |
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| Recipe author: | JuliaBalbilla |
| First published: | 31st January 2013 |
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Best recipe reviewTasty, and healthy 5/5 Absolutely delish! |
Ingredients
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- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 25g butter
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 a teaspoon of freshly ground cinnamon
- Good pinch freshly grated nutmeg
- Good pinch freshly ground black pepper
- 3 seeds from 3 green cardamom pods, ground to a powder
- 3 freshly ground cloves
- 250g good quality minced lamb
- 50g pine nuts, dry toasted in a frying pan
- 1 tablespoon tomato puree
- 4 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh mint
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- For the pancakes
- Half a cucumber, peeled and sliced or julienned
- 6 spring onions, peeled and sliced or julienned
- 1 packet of tortillas
- 125ml sour cream
Method
- For the filling; Add the butter and olive oil to a pan on a meduim/high heat. Add the onions when the butter begins to froth turn the heat down slightly and cook until caramelised - about 10 minutes
- Add the spices and stir well and cook for a minute
- Add the lamb and cook for about 8 minutes or until browned
- Drain any excess fat at this stage
- De-glaze the pan with the lime juice and 1 tablespoon of water
- Add the pine nuts, tomato puree, halved cherry tomatoes, mint and parsley and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper and heat for a few minutes
- Pour the filling into a preheated bowl
- Warm the tortillas for a few minute of so in the microwave or as directed on the packet
Serving suggestions
At the table, fill each tortilla with a little filling, some sliced cucumber, spring onions and a dollop of sour cream. You may need to cut the tortillas in half.
Variations
Instead of tortillas, try:
See also
- Tortillas: - Encyclopaedic page describing all variants of tortillas
- South American tortilla recipes - :
- Corn tortilla recipe - make them from scratch with masa harina
- Corn tortillas - a Thermomix recipe
- Wheat flour tortilla recipe
- Gorditas - Thick Mexican tortillas
- Quick tortillas - a recipe idea for using left over tortillas
- Burrito (or taco de harina) explained
- Minced beef burritos - A burrito recipe
- Enchiladas - a recipe and an explanation
- Chicken enchiladas
- Cheatin' chicken enchiladas a quick version of the above
- Quick beef enchiladas
- Honduran Enchiladas, This is a typical dish from Honduras
- enfrijoladas, a similar dish to enchiladas
- Pulled pork enchiladas - a nice pork recipe made using meat from Jamie Oliver's Overnight Slow Roast Pork Joint
- Homemade tortilla chips - Make superb tortilla chips from soft corn tortillas - better than anything you could buy!
- Cheese nachos - A cheese nacho recipe
- Frito pie - If you like Tex-Mex, you'll love this
- Easy frito pie - Make Frito pie-on the hoof!
- Minced beef for tacos - A Mexican spicy beef taco filling recipe
- Memphis BBQ pulled duck tacos - A duck variation on the same theme
- Sincronizada recipe - A Mexican speciality that can alos be found all over South America
- Quesadillas - A selection of quesadilla recipes
- Dobladas - Stuffed tortillas from Guatemala
- Enfrijoladas recipe - tortillas stuffed with re-fried beans and spices
- Chilaquiles - a fabulous recipe from two Mexican visitors
- Tostadas de guacamole y crema - A famous Diana Kennedy recipe
- Cheese pupusas - a stuffed tortilla from El Salvador
- Pupusa de Chicharron - similar to pupusas, again from El Salvador
- Spicy lamb tortillas - A recipe idea taken from crispy duck pancakes
- Duck fajitas - and a similar version, with crispy duck
- Gressingham Memphis Barbecue Pulled Duck - Commercially available pre-prepared pulled duck
- Spanish tortilla recipes:
- Capricorn, pea and mint tortilla - A Spanish-style tortilla with goats' cheese
- Potato and goats' cheese tortilla - Another Spanish-type with goats' cheese
- Tortilla Española - A Spanish tortilla
- Tortilla capuchina - another Spanish tortilla
- Tortilla 'batatas harras' - A spicy Spanish tortilla
- Beef Skirt Steak Fajitas - Fajitas, using Taste Sensation spice mix
- Squash, halloumi and chilli omelette - Spicy, with squash & Greek cheese
- Omelettes - Many omelette recipes
- Misc. tortilla recipes:
- Potatoes as a garnish or for tortillas (TM) - A Thermomix recipe
- Baked squash filled with melted Camembert cheese - Where taco shells are used to dish up the melted cheese
- Ingredients:
- Taco shells
- Tex-Mex seasoning - Home-made Old India Taco Seasoning recipe
- Old India Taco Seasoning - The commercial variety is very good too
- Tortilla chips - Snacks/crisps.
- Taste Sensation Cajun Seasoning
- Taste Sensation fajita seasoning
- Taste Sensation harissa seasoning
- Taste Sensation Italian seasoning
- Taste Sensation Jalapeno and Lime Seasoning
- Taste Sensation Mexican seasoning
- Taste Sensation piri piri seasoning
- Tools:
- Tortilla press - The device and also a great tip for making them without a press!
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