Hello everyone, Jess here to share a quick and easy dinner using ground lamb. It’s nothing fancy, but it is one way that my family really enjoys the lamb experience that does not involve mint or garlic.
Ingredients:
- Lemon juice
- Cinnamon
- Ground Lamb
- Onion
- Allspice (optional)
- pie dough, biscuit dough or uncut crescent roll sheets
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Brown up one pound of ground lamb with half an onion (I slivered the pieces of onion so that I could easily pick them out of the kiddos portions – they are still iffy about the presence of onions in their chow.)
- As your meat browns, give it a healthy sprinkling of cinnamon (maybe 1/4 teaspoon) a healthy squeeze of lemon juice, (maybe a teaspoon) and dash of allspice (if using). After the meat is browned you can taste it and see if you’d like to add more.
- After the lamb has been lightly browned (the onion should be cooked and translucent), place a few spoonfuls of the lamb mixture into the center of your flattened dough, wrapping and sealing the edges around your meat like a little pouch.
- Place on a rimmed cookie sheet and bake for about 10 minutes or until golden brown. (Tweak the time/temp as needed for pie dough).
I’ve also made this with pieces of lamb stew meat, placing the lemon juice, onion and cinnamon in the slow cooker with a little broth and a dash of allspice. After cooking the meat tender and separating the fat and bones, I put the meat and onion into the biscuits. The broth mixture can then be thickened to make a yummy gravy!
If you want to keep this paleo or gluten free, skip the dough and try it with cubed cooked potatoes, like a hash. Again, nothing fancy, but easy to whip up on a weeknight. Hope you like it!