Turkish for lunch

Blog lesson numero uno: always triple check your spelling. Apologies for the thousands of typos, I'll try and up my game! Also apologies for the lack of cooking and therefore posts. Between organising a trip to Europe, applying for graduate jobs, working full time, playing sports and seeing friends and family, I have such little time to do anything blog related. Worst. Finally, apologies for the super crap photos! I don't know what went wrong this time!

A couple of weekends ago we made lamb pides with beetroot dip for Saturday lunch. It was rather yummy! This recipe served two lovely and happy ladies and two hungry and smelly boys!

Ingredients

Olive oil

500g lamb mince

3 shallots, thinly sliced

3 garlic cloves, crushed

1 tablespoon of tomato paste

2 lemons (one to serve and the other for below)

       1 teaspoon of finely grated lemon rind

       1 teaspoon of fresh lemon juice

3 teaspoons ground cumin

2 teaspoons ground coriander

2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint

1 x 225g can sliced beetroot, drained

130g (1/2 cup) natural yoghurt

4 Turkish bread rolls

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1. Preheat your oven to 180°C. Heat oil in a pot/pan on medium heat and cook the lamb mince for approximately 3 minutes. I lovvvvee lamb mince.

2. Add the shallot, garlic, tomato paste, lemon rind, lemon juice, cumin and coriander to the mince. Cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes or until mince is cooked through. Then stir in the mint and set aside to cool slightly.

3. Place the beetroot, yoghurt, some cumin and coriander in a food processor and blend until it's smooth. It turned out pretty runny though...any suggestions to make it thicker? It was still super delish though! (sorry we forgot to take pictures!!)

4. Cut an oval piece from the top of each bread roll to make a shell. Place bread shells on a large baking tray and fill it with the mince.

5. Bake for about 5 minutes and then slice it all up to serve with the beetroot dip and lemon wedges :) It was so yummy! The only problem was the mince kept falling off...maybe if we added a bit of cheese to hold it together it could have worked a bit better! Until next time...