Lamb kofta and cinnamon tzatziki
Lamb kofta and cinnamon tzatziki
With an abundance of spices and flavours, this dish will certainly tantalise your taste buds!
Lamb kofta ingredients
- lamb mince : 1kg
- Essential Cuisine persian seasoning : 50g
- garlic powder : 5g
- onion granules : 5g
- Essential Cuisine lamb stock mix : 16g
Lamb kofta method
- Preheat an oven to 180°c.
- In a mixer bowl add the mince lamb, persian seasoning, lamb stock mix, garlic powder, onion granules & beat for 5 minutes to break down the meat.
- Place in a suitable baking dish, making sure to push it down.
- Bake for 40 minutes, then turn over, cover & bake for another 40 minutes.
- Press with a weighted tray and serve.
Flat bread ingredients
- Artisan's Choice strong white flour : 500g
- salt : 2 tsp
- Sosa Home Gourmet yeast : 6g
- olive oil : 3 tbsp
- water : 300ml
- oregano : 20g
- cayenne pepper : 10g
- onion powder : 10g
Flat bread method
- Mix the flour, salt, yeast, spices and oil in a large bowl and add enough water to make a soft, but not sloppy, dough.
- Knead well.
- Put into a lightly oiled bowl to rise for 1 hr until doubled in size.
- Divide the dough into 8 pieces, about 250g each, and use a rolling pin to flatten each one into a circle, 15cm in diameter, about 1cm thick.
- Then leave the pieces on a lightly floured baking tray to prove for 5 minutes.
- Heat a large frying pan to a medium heat and dry-fry each piece until browned on both sides, about 5 minutes in total.
- Set aside to cool slightly before serving.
Cocoa butter mirror glaze ingredients
- water : 120g
- Leonce Blanc raspberry puree : 15g
- granulated sugar : 250g
- Belgosuc glucose syrup : 250g
- condensed milk : 150g
- cocoa butter chips : 132g
- powdered fish gelatin (bloomed) : 75g
Cocoa butter mirror glaze method
- In a pot add water, raspberry puree, sugar and glucose.
- Boil until all the sugar has dissolved (approx.104º/ 220ºF).
- Remove from the heat and pour over condensed milk.
- Mix with immersion blender.
- Cool mixture to approx. 55-60ºC/130-140ºF and pour over cocoa butter and gelatine.
- Mix with immersion blender.
- Transfer to a heat proof container.
- Seal with a plastic wrap to the surface of glaze and refrigerate overnight.
- To glaze, take out amount needed and warm to approx. 32-35ºC/ 90-95ºF for glazing.
Peppermint and pear salad ingredients
- large head of romaine lettuce, washed, trimmed and diced : 1
- small tomatoes, quartered : 5
- cucumber, chopped : 1 cup
- feta cheese, crumbled : 1/2 cup
- lemon, juiced : 1
- olive oil : 1/4 cup
- peppermint infused oil : 30ml
- salt and pepper to taste :
- fresh chopped mint leaves : 1 1/2 tablespoons
- Sosa Home Gourmet pear fruit and sauce : 2 tbsp
- goji seed mix : 20g
Peppermint and pear salad method
- In a large bowl, combine romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, feta cheese, mint leaves and goji mix.
- In a small bowl, whisk olive oil, peppermint oil, lemon juice, pear, salt and pepper.
- Pour the dressing over the salad.
- To serve
- Serve in a rustic style as a sharing platter or a street food style dish.

