Skewered Lamb with Beetroot Recipe

You will need.....       1 lb. lean lamb, diced

                               3 tablespoons oil

                               3 tablespoons vinegar

                               pinch thyme

                               4 rashers bacon

Preparation Time      1 4 oz. can pineapple cubes

10 minutes plus          1 small beetroot, cooked and peeled

1 hour to marinade      salt and pepper to taste

                               clove of garlic (optional)

Cooking Time            few strips sweet green pepper

10 minutes                 12 oz. rice, cooked and buttered

                      

Make a marinade with the oil, vinegar, thyme and seasoning. Pour over the lamb and leave for at least one hour. Trim rind from bacon rashers, cut in half and form into bacon rolls. Dice cooked beetroot. Cut diamond shapes from green pepper.

 

Rub 4 skewers with the garlic clove. Thread on to the skewers the lamb alternately with pineapple, bacon rolls and beetroot, beginning and finishing with green pepper. Brush over with the marinade. Grill slowly turning the skewers several times for about 10 minutes.

 

Place skewers on a bed of buttered rice (see Quick Tip, Curried Lamb) to serve. Serves 4

 

Quick Tip

 

To reheat rice: put into a covered saucepan with a few tablespoons water and heat gently. Shake the pan now and again the rice will be as fluffy as when first cooked.

 

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