Ingredients
3 | Lamb leg steaks (Main) |
1 drizzle | Olive oil |
1 knob | Butter |
1 ½ cups | Couscous (Main) |
500 g | Black grapes, red, and/or green grapes, halved |
1 handful | Mint leaves, leaves torn |
70 g | Pine nuts, toasted |
2 Tbsp | Harissa paste, see below |
1 | Lemon, juice only |
2 Tbsp | Extra virgin olive oil |
1 Tbsp | Balsamic vinegar |
Harissa
3 | Garlic cloves |
2 | Red chillies |
½ tsp | Flaky sea salt |
2 tsp | Cumin seeds |
2 tsp | Coriander seeds |
¼ cup | Olive oil |
4 Tbsp | Tomato paste |
Directions
- Heat a large frying pan over a high heat. Rub a little olive oil all over lamb steaks and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Fry steaks for 2 minutes on each side or until cooked medium-rare. Remove steaks and rest for 5-10 minutes before slicing.
- Bring 1½ cups water to the boil in a saucepan. Turn off the heat, add butter and couscous, stir together and cover with a lid. Leave couscous to steam for 5 minutes, then fluff up with a fork and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Toss couscous with grapes, mint and pine nuts.
- Make a dressing by mixing harissa, lemon juice, oil and balsamic vinegar, and any juice from the resting lamb together.
- To serve, divide couscous and lamb between plates and spoon over dressing.
Harrisa paste
- Bash in a mortar and pestle the garlic, red chillies, flaky sea salt, cumin and coriander seeds. Then mix in the cup olive oil and tomato paste. Alternatively blitz all ingredients together in a small food processor or blender.
- Fry paste in a hot pan for 5 minutes until thickened.