Lamb

Your local Indian restaurant will have this dish on their menu as aloo gosht. You can make this hearty and flavoursome curry at home in under an hour.

Lamb, zucchini and olives bring the flavours of the Mediterrean to your table. This slow-cook meal will delight the family and dinner guests alike.

Juicy, tender eggplants are baked to perfection and stuffed with a fragrant lamb and rice filling. Serve topped with melted cheese and roasted tomatoes for a real flavour and texture kick!

Simple to make, but packed full of flavour, pepper crusted lamb cutlets are cooked to tender perfection and served with a zesty mint yoghurt dressing. Served with fresh greens and a squeeze of lime juice, this dish makes a great mid-week dinner idea.

Whip up your own lamb koftas as part of a Middle Eastern feast. Wonderfully sweetened with dried fruit chunks, these homemade meatballs go beautifully with a fresh, zesty pear tabouli.

No one will guess this classic lamb barbecue only took 20 minutes to create! With creamy polenta instead of mashed potato and tasty parsley oil it's a Sunday roast with a twist.

Sweet and salty Mongolian lamb on the dinner table in just 20 minutes, that's quicker than take-away delivery.

A lamb dinner that’s a cut above the rest.

Serve with rice and green beans to even out the cream content.

It’s time to dig out the slow cooker and make the most of cheaper cuts of meat. Get them chugging away early in the day, so that by dinnertime the house is filled with gorgeous savoury aromas and you’ll have everyone clamouring around.

Give your crumbed lamb cutlets a healthy twist by oven baking them alongside tasty cherry tomatoes and mushrooms

This super-easy recipe uses spinach leaves instead of the traditional vine leaves ... and the flavoursome filling makes these dolmades small parcels of heaven.

Cook to impress with the classic Sunday roast. Juicy lamb will melt right off the bone and into your mouth while potatoes give you something to crunch on.

This hearty lamb dish is a classic of British and Australian cuisine. Immersed in a delightful red wine and cranberry sauce and placed on a bed of mashed potato this lamb shank dinner is a staple you can't go past.

On the table in just 10 minutes, this spicy lamb dish is perfect for a quick meal after a hard day at work.

Packed full of flavour and fresh ingredients, these lamb fajitas are absolutely delicious served rolled with cool sour cream and Mexican spiced tomato rice.

Full of fresh flavours, gozleme is the king of sandwiches. Here, we show you how easy it is to make your own flatbread, then sandwich it with our mouth-watering lamb filling, spinach, mint and fetta. Finish, of course, with lemon wedges.

Bursting with flavour, this fragrant lamb curry is a filling winter warmer. It also freezes well.

A lamb roast is heaven in a baking dish. We served ours with roasted pumpkin and peas. You can use any vegetables you like.

Light and fluffy, this flavoursome rosemary and lamb foccacia is wonderful served sliced warm, sprinkled with fresh herbs and drizzled with olive oil.

There's no need to spend a long time cooking this healthy Moroccan meal. With chilli and cinnamon these lamb kebabs are flavoursome and go perfectly with the tasty burghul salad.

Hearty meatballs with a twist: the addition of dark chocolate provides a little bit of bitterness and more depth to the sauce.

The crispy coating hides a soft heart of pumpkin, rice and tender shredded lamb.

Nuts bring a wide array of nutty, toasty and sweet flavours to dishes – think the sweet butteriness of pine nuts, the milky sweetness of fresh almonds, and the toasty coffee-like taste of roasted hazelnuts.

This classic winter warmer will fill your home with delicious aromas while it slowly cooks to perfection. Serve on its own, or with crusty bread.

A lamb and chickpea meatball recipe that makes a great serving idea for a dinner party or as finger food. Serve with a coriander and yoghurt dip.

Pork spareribs may be used in place of lamb riblets. Try sweet chilli sauce instead of vietnamese dipping sauce. Note

Ask your butcher to bone and butterfly a leg of lamb. Be sure to trim lamb of outside fat and score any thick sections of meat. Note

Add torn mint leaves if desired. Note

For a tender result, scone dough should be kneaded for 1-2 minutes. Note

You can use chicken in place of lamb, and swap the pearl couscous for instant, if you prefer.

Lamb is the star of this wonderful wrap

A great meal to make when entertaining, this is all cooked in the oven, leaving you more time to mingle.

Thanks to the abundance of ingredients that were unfamiliar just a few years ago, the cook now has more options than ever when it comes to delighting the family with new flavours.

With our hectic lifestyles, the biggest luxury in life is simply time! A long weekend is a great opportunity to indulge in slow-cooking roasts

Keep the barbecue ablaze and serve up this warming midday meal – a perfect way to wind up to the colder weather.

Cutlets can be crumbed, then frozen for ready-to-cook dinners. Note

If your casserole dish does not have a lid, cover tightly with foil. Note

This curry would also be delicious with chicken or pork. Note

You’ll find ground sumac in the spice section of supermarket. Made from berries of a wild Mediterranean bush, sumac is a staple ingredient in Arabic cooking Note

This delicious warm lamb salad with fresh flavours is definitely a meal on its own and is the perfect dish for something heart-warming, yet filled with fresh summery flavours.

A splash of balsamic or red wine vinegar may be added to lamb marinade. Note

To make this dish more kid-friendly, reduce the amount of tandoori paste you add to the kids’ portion of mince. Note

It is important to remove all capsicum membrane, as it is quite bitter. Note

It seems lamb is definitely the Greeks’ choice when it comes to meat and this couldn’t be more simple and delicious if it tried. Studding the lamb with the garlic and rosemary infuses the meat with flavour while it cooks and who can pass up a golden spuddy! I’ve included a quick little recipe for […]

This dish would also work well with chicken schnitzels. If preferred, use ready-made tzatziki dip as a dipping sauce. Note

It may be called a lamb salad but it's definitely a meal on its own. Halfway between a fresh summery dish and a hearty one - the fresh flavours and textures work nicely together.

Chill patties for 5-10 minutes before cooking. Ensure that patties are not pink in centre, as uncooked mince may contain bacteria. Note

Encourage guests to help themselves by spreading pita with baba ghanoush, topping it with the lamb – removed from the skewers then sprinkling with spice mix and rolling up to enclose. A mortar and pestle can be used to crush the seed and spice mix if you don’t have a blender. Note

Your family will love this easy bake and it is even better the next day for lunch.

A twist on the Kiwi family fave made in half the time

This juicy lamb will melt in your mouth and take you back to the big family dinners you enjoyed as a child. Every vegetable is brimming with flavoursome stock while red chilli adds some spice.

Add some spice to your classic burger with these lamb mince patties, filled with chilli-paste, garlic, and topped off with some Greek-style yoghurt.

A classic meal gets a modern makeover

Make your classic shepherd's pie more exciting with these potato jackets. Not only does it make your pie so easy to prepare and to serve up between plates, it's like eating little boats of deliciousness!

Fragrant Mongolian lamb with silky and tender lamb in a rich Chinese brown sauce. Freshen up your week with this delicious Mongolian lamb that is perfect served with steamed rice.

For alternative pizza bases try Turkish bread, tortillas or focaccia. Note

To french trim a lamb shank, rack or cutlet is to remove excess gristle, fat and meat from the end, exposing the bone. Make a quick gremolata to scatter over cooked lamb shanks by combining chopped parsley, a little chopped garlic and grated or finely chopped lemon rind. Note

Who would’ve thought that feta and watermelon would go together? This also works with chicken breast too.

Cooking butterfly-style ensures more even cooking and a richer flavour on the meat.

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Add a little grated nutmeg to your mash and it will be extra special Kid-friendly tip: leftover crumbed cutlets are perfect in school lunches. Note

This would be delicious served with a dollop of harissa, a moroccan-spiced chilli sauce available at delicatessens. Note

Lamb shoulder is usually more succulent than leg. Diced leg may need to be cooked for a little longer. Note

These lamb and chickpea balls are a little spicy but very delicious when served with homemade coriander dip. They make the perfect tasty tapas dish to serve for friends and family.

Baby spinach leaves can be used instead of rocket. Note

You’ll have 1 1/4 cups of creamy feta sauce from this recipe. Note

Canned tomatoes are convenient, plus because they have been cooked and processed, their level of lycopene is higher than that of fresh tomatoes. Lycopene is a powerful antioxidant and is responsible for making tomatoes red. It has been found to reduce the risk of some cancers, particularly prostate cancer. Note

Once cooked, cover lamb loosely with aluminium foil to keep warm while it rests for 5 minutes or so. Note

Delicious Mongolian lamb, with silky and tender lamb in a rich and savoury Chinese brown sauce that is ready in less than 15 minutes, and goes perfectly served with steamed rice.