
Grilled lamb cutlets in spicy green miso
Check out Luiz Hara's lamb recipe with spicy miso marinade. This easy lamb dish is simple to make and packed with plenty of flavour
- 12 (about 175g each) lamb cutlets
- 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
MISO MARINADE
- 150g white miso
- 30g coriander leavesroughly chopped
- 4 green jalapeño or hot green finger chilliesdeseeded and chopped
- 4 cloves garliccrushed
- 2½cm piece gingergrated
- 3 anchovy fillets from a jar or tin
- ½ tsp fine sea salt
- ground to make 1 tsp whole white peppercorns
- 4 tbsp rice vinegar or white wine vinegar
- 1½ limes1 juiced, ½ zested
- 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
GARNISH
- 1 tsp sesame seedstoasted
- (optional) micro herbs and edible flowers
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal797
- fat63.1g
- saturates24.1g
- carbs13.5g
- sugars1.9g
- fibre0.7g
- protein43.4g
- salt4.9g
Method
step 1
Put all the ingredients for the miso marinade into a food processor and blend to a smooth green paste. Rub the lamb cutlets generously with 2/3 of the miso mixture and marinate in the fridge for at least 4 hours or preferably overnight.
step 2
Add 4 tbsp of extra-virgin olive oil to the remaining 1/3 of marinade and mix well – this will be used for basting the lamb during grilling as well as a sauce for the barbecued cutlets. Put the mixture in an airtight container and chill until needed.
step 3
Remove the lamb cutlets from the fridge 1 hour before cooking to bring them to room temperature.
step 4
Heat the grill to high and put the cutlets over a wire rack within a roasting tin and grill them for 4 minutes on each side, basting each cutlet with some of the green miso sauce after flipping them over. If using a meat thermometer, the internal temperature of the lamb should be 60C for rare, 63C for medium-rare, 71C for medium and 77C for well done. If you don’t have a meat thermometer, you can check doneness by cutting a small piece from one of the cutlets. Rest the cutlets in a warm place for a couple of minutes, then serve with the remaining green miso sauce, a scattering of sesame seeds and micro herbs and edible flowers, if using.