Greek-Spiced Lamb Cakes

Greek-Spiced Lamb Cakes

Ready in 25 minutes • Serves 2
This dish most recently appeared in Fresh Start (5 Nights For 2) on Sunday, May 28, 2017.
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With cucumber, tomato and radish salad.

Ingredients

GREEK-SPICED LAMB CAKES

  • 250g lean ground lamb
  • ¼ brown onion, finely diced
  • 1½ teaspoons lamb spice mix
  • 30g wholemeal LSA breadcrumbs
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley leaves
  • ½ egg, lightly whisked
  • 1 teaspoon oil, to coat (or use spray oil)

VINAIGRETTE

  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon mustard (e.g. Dijon, wholegrain)
  • Juice of ½ lemon

CUCUMBER, TOMATO AND RADISH SALAD

  • ½ capsicum
  • ½ Lebanese cucumber
  • 1 tomato
  • 1-2 radishes
  • 1 tablespoon parsley leaves and stalks
  • 2 tablespoons mint leaves
  • ½ can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed

TO SERVE

  • ½ pottle natural yoghurt
  • ½ lemon, cut into wedges (optional)

Steps

  1. oven to 220°C. Line an oven tray with baking paper.
  2. Place all Greek-spiced lamb cake ingredients (except oil) into a medium bowl and mix until well combined. Using clean, damp hands, shape mixture into golf ball-sized balls then flatten slightly into cakes, about 1.5cm-thick.
  3. Place cakes onto prepared tray and lightly brush with oil (or spray). Bake (on upper oven rack) for about 8 minutes, until just cooked through. Switch oven to high grill and grill cakes for a further 4-5 minutes, until lightly brown on top.
  4. While cakes are cooking, whisk all vinaigrette ingredients together in a medium bowl.
  5. Remove core and seeds from capsicum and dice capsicum, cucumber, tomato and radishes 1cm. Roughly chop second measure of parsley and mint.
  6. Add all salad veggies to bowl with vinaigrette, along with drained cannellini beans. Toss to combine and season to taste with pepper and more salt, if desired.
  7. spoon cucumber, tomato and radish salad onto plates. Top with Greek-spiced lamb cakes and dollop over yoghurt. Serve with a lemon wedge to squeeze over (if using).

Nutritional Information

Energy 1556 kj
372 kcal
Protein 38.8g
Carbohydrate 21.6g
Fat 13.6g