🥙 Middle Eastern

Lamb Pickles

Name: Lamb Pickles
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1/2, thinly sliced Onion; 4 cloves Garlic; 1, juiced Lemon; 3 tbsp Olive Oil; 200 ml Vinegar; handful, torn Fresh Parsley; 500 g, cubed Lamb

🥙 Middle Eastern

Sharp, crunchy quick pickles with lamb — the mezze table's essential counterpoint. About 20 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 15 min Cook 5 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1/2, thinly sliced
Garlic4 cloves
Lemon1, juiced
Olive Oil3 tbsp
Vinegar200 ml
Fresh Parsleyhandful, torn
Lamb500 g, cubed

Instructions

1
Whisk the lemon juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.
2
Prepare the lamb — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.
3
Toss the lamb with the onion, fresh parsley and the dressing just before serving.
4
Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of lemon if it needs lift.

Chef's tip

Taste and adjust the salt at the end; sauces concentrate as they reduce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Arabic Pickles for Shawarma (Lebanese Mukhalal) · on YouTube