Recipe of the day: Lamb Ouzi Sliders

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SERVES 6 – 8 (12 – 16 sliders)

PREP TIME (15 minutes)                                COOK TIME (2 ½ hour)

INGREDIENTS

• 800 g lamb rump
• 800 g yoghurt
• ½ tblsp tomato paste
• ½ tblsp chili paste (Middle Eastern paste)
• ½ tblsp black pepper
• 1 tblsp ground cardamom
• 1 tblsp ground nutmeg
• ½ tblsp cinnamon
• ½ tblsp paprika
• 100 ml vinegar
• 300 ml water
• 12 – 16 small burger buns (number depends on how much meat one likes)

Sauce

• 200 g yoghurt
• 1 cucumber (seeded finely chopped)
• 1 clove garlic (finely chopped)
• ½ tblsp dry mint

Method

1. Marinate the lamb overnight in a large pot
2. Cook the lamb in the pot on medium heat for 2 hours or until meat is tender
3. Remove meat from pot and let cool. When cool shred the meat and keep aside
4. Reserve about 2 cups of the cooking liquid.
5. For the sauce mix together all ingredients
6. Cut the burger buns in half and butter inside. Toast in a pan or in a toaster oven till brown
7. In a pan reheat the shredded lamb with a little of the cooking liquid
8. Put lamb on bun and top with yoghurt mix