Anason's Head Chef calls eggplant Turkey's "adopted vegetable". Alongside lamb, we think these two are a match made in heaven and they sure know how to run a delicious muck when they're both in the kitchen.
Get your flavour on with these 8 recipes... yes, they ALL have lamb and eggplant. #relationshipgoals
1. Traditional lamb & pistachio kebab with garlic yoghurt
Perfect with a cold beer in hand, this traditional recipe is reminiscent of trip to Gaziantep in Turkey, an area dishing up these rich kebabs.
Ali nazik, chopped lamb and pistachio kebab
2. Village-style feta börek
What's better than eggplant and lamb? It's eggplant, lamb and pastry thanks to this . Yep, this smoked eggplant mayo recipe will make more than you need, but that is absolutely not a bad thing.
Village-style feta börek Source: Shane Delia's Spice Journey - Turkey
3. Stuffed eggplant
A Turkish take on stuffed eggplants, this recipe calls on some spice assistance from cinnamon and biber salcasi (pepper paste).
4. Sultan's delight
The longer you marinate, the richer the lamb. The weekend can't come quick enough to cook up this bowl of eggplant puree with low and slow lamb.
5. Lamb stuffed eggplant
This recipe is called and literally translates as "split belly". This is widely made and dearly loved in almost every part of Turkey, but this variation is specific to the south-eastern and eastern Mediterranean regions of Turkey.
Using two of Turkey's favourite ingredients, lamb stuffed eggplant (karniyarik) is a popular dish. Source: Alan Benson
7. Spiced lamb with walnut, garlic and yoghurt sauce
Chunks of meltingly sweet lamb inspired by the Turkish kebab. This interpretation uses eggplant instead of bread and doesn’t require a rotisserie to cook the lamb. So it makes for a quick and easy weeknight meal.
Source: Benito Martin
8. Aubergine puree topped with lamb stew
This is a rich and satisfying Ottoman dish of lamb stew on a bed of aubergine and cheese, and it smells progressively more delicious as it slowly cooks, making it harder and harder to resist dipping a corner of bread into the pot!
