🇹🇷 Turkish

Lamb Hunkar Begendi

Name: Lamb Hunkar Begendi
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 58 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 200 ml Heavy Cream; to taste Salt; 1, sliced into rings Onion; 1 tbsp, for the dish Olive Oil; 300 ml Milk; 500 g, cubed Lamb; 3, roasted Eggplant; 100 g, grated Cheese; 1 tsp Urfa Pepper Flakes

🇹🇷 Turkish

Sultan's delight — lamb served over smoky eggplant béchamel. Ready in 58 minutes including prep.

Prep 18 min Cook 40 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Heavy Cream200 ml
Saltto taste
Onion1, sliced into rings
Olive Oil1 tbsp, for the dish
Milk300 ml
Lamb500 g, cubed
Eggplant3, roasted
Cheese100 g, grated
Urfa Pepper Flakes1 tsp

Optional extras

Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Heat the oven to 190°C and butter or oil a baking dish.
2
Layer the onion over the base, season, then nestle in the lamb.
3
Pour the cream around the edges, scatter over the cheese and the urfa pepper flakes.
4
Bake for 30-35 minutes until bubbling at the rim and burnished on top.
5
Rest for 5 minutes so it sets, then spoon out with the pan juices and plenty of black pepper.

Chef's tip

Every oven runs hot or cold; start checking 5 minutes early.

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Watch how it's made

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