There are lots of cooks out there who actually know what they are doing. I pretty much taught myself to cook, out of necessity. I haven’t a clue most of the time, but I do love to eat.
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mb Kabobs
This recipe pairs the subtle fruitiness of fresh chanterelles with the sweetness of dried apricots. When you arrange the mushrooms on the skewers, sandwich them between a dried apricot and a chunk of lamb, so the mushroom absorbs the flavor of the fruit and cooks through, saturated by the rich grease of the meat. Cooked in the field over hardwood coals, the mushrooms fresh picked, there isn’t a better camp meal than this.
Recipe
- Lamb
- chanterelles
- red onions
- dried apricots
- garlic, minced
- olive oil
- lemon juice
- grated lemon peel
- mint
- salt
- pepper
- cumin
- ground coriander
Cut lamb into 2” cubes. Combine olive oil, lemon juice, grated lemon peel, mint, minced garlic, salt, pepper, and other spices and marinate the lamb with the mixture. You can pack it in the marinade in ziplock bag to take with you on the hunt. Cut the mushrooms into chunks and quarter the onions. Alternate apricot, chanterelle, lamb and onion on skewers. Cook over hot coals until meat is done, turning twice. To complete the meal, serve over couscous or rice pilaf, garnished with parsley or a sprig of mint and a lemon slice.
Lamb Kabobs
Equipment
- skewers
- grill
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Lamb cut into 2" squares
- 3 large chanterelles cut approximately the same size as the chunks of lamb.
- 2 red onions peel and quarter
- 16 oz dried apricots
- 2 clove garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 splashes lemon juice
- 1 tbsp grated lemon peel
- 2 sprigs mint
- 2 three fingered pinches salt
- 3 three fingered pinches pepper more or less to taste
- 1 pinch cumin
- 1 pinch ground coriander
Instructions
- Cut lamb into 2” cubes.
- Combine olive oil, lemon juice, grated lemon peel, mint, minced garlic, salt, pepper, and other spices and marinate the lamb with the mixture. You can pack it in the marinade in ziplock bag to take with you on the hunt.
- Cut the mushrooms into chunks
- quarter the onions.
- Alternate apricot, chanterelle, lamb and onion on skewers.
- Cook over hot coals until meat is done, turning twice. To complete the meal, serve over couscous or rice pilaf, garnished with parsley or a sprig of mint and a lemon slice.
