So after my weekend of spectacular food - have I mentioned that we went to Shrewsbury Food Festival? - here's a dish that I threw together after an 8-6 tech support shift to use up some super cheap ingredients we picked up from the supermarket's reduced section on our way home.
Let's call it Za'atar and mint lamb patties, spiced butter beans and token green things.
I used a little bit of oil, a tablespoon of Za'atar, a garlic clove and some mint which I whizzed up in a mini blender and mixed into the minced lamb. I then made it into small patties because I wanted to cook it quickly in a dry pan.
We have a halogen oven which I used to keep the patties warm while I used to the same pan to make my spiced butter beans. These were made using a chopped spring onion, a teaspoon of smoked paprika, garlic powder, parsley, a dash of coriander leaf and a tablespoon of ground coriander which were cooked in the residual fat left in the pan. A can of drained butter beans went into the pan and cooked them a little before adding just enough passata to make them slightly saucy.
I then mixed some harissa into a tub of hummus, added token salad and had a very happy Mr SFSDTam fed in less than fifteen minutes.
Let's call it Za'atar and mint lamb patties, spiced butter beans and token green things.
I used a little bit of oil, a tablespoon of Za'atar, a garlic clove and some mint which I whizzed up in a mini blender and mixed into the minced lamb. I then made it into small patties because I wanted to cook it quickly in a dry pan.
We have a halogen oven which I used to keep the patties warm while I used to the same pan to make my spiced butter beans. These were made using a chopped spring onion, a teaspoon of smoked paprika, garlic powder, parsley, a dash of coriander leaf and a tablespoon of ground coriander which were cooked in the residual fat left in the pan. A can of drained butter beans went into the pan and cooked them a little before adding just enough passata to make them slightly saucy.
I then mixed some harissa into a tub of hummus, added token salad and had a very happy Mr SFSDTam fed in less than fifteen minutes.