Ground Lamb with Marinated Halloumi and Herbs

Because ground lamb contains a generous percentage of fat, you can smash it into a hot skillet and let it develop a nice crust without worrying about it drying out. Can’t say that about ground turkey! Good lamb is naturally earthy and a little grassy, and its flavor won’t get buried despite this big pile of fresh herbs and salty marinated cheese. If you are sensitive to even a whiff of gaminess, seek out domestic, grain-finished lamb, which is sweeter and milder than the 100 percent pasture-raised imports from New Zealand and Australia.

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5:23 Patty Party
7:31 Give Lamb a Chance
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[CarlaLalliMusic]

Honk if you want Jenna Lyons to try this recipe. The most recent episode was ridiculous BTW.

[Misha]

I raise lamb on my Homestead and have many many pounds of meat that are destined for the grinder. I know EXACTLY what I want to do with some of it!

FWIW- our lamb is 100% grass fed and it is not gamey at all! Find a local farmer, people! They can get you some GREAT stuff that is humanely raised and so much better than what you get at the grocery store!

[maureenwallace]

I also had an aversion to dill. When I was young, my mom would find a flavor that she loved, and EVERYTHING she made for 3 months had that flavor in it. With dill, she extended that time to about 6 months. About a year ago, I rediscovered dill and found that I truly do love the herb. ❤

[brentonjoseph]

carla's vibes are unmatched. never cooked a single recipe but i love it here so much. 🥹

[xpxmprj]

I am from north America and I enjoy lamb and so do my friends and family.

[clairemccaff]

one of my all time favourite recipes from Carla, have been making this recipe since it came out - love love lovee

[fakenorwegian]

Dill is an important part of Norwegian cuisine. It goes really well with fresh cucumber and salmon!

[christianrokicki]

Excited to try this! It will be my first time handling halloumi. My cheesemonger will be proud of me and happy to help.

[FernandaBecerril]

@carla: Substitutions from MX cheeses, more than cotija or fresco, PANELA would work great, in case you dont know it . Try it!

[chasebrightwell]

one of my absolute fave recipes of yours. also I love your Bravo fandom -- love Jenna and new RHONY and a below deck binge!

[laravazquez]

As a dill lover, I’m happy you are also enjoying it! Tastes change all the time. It’s ok to not like something, but it’s good to give things another go too! 💜💜

[hidesG]

Made this for dinner! SO good! Its now part of our regular rotation. Made homemade naan and a tomato cucumber salad.

[SweetestTangerine]

This recipe looks great - I am always down for anything with lamb and anything with halloumi, although I think I haven’t made then together before.

I also previously had a dill aversion and got over it in a pretty similar way. When I was in high school, my brother was using dried dill and the top came off, so much dill came out and it tasted so nasty. I couldn’t do dill for a long time after that, but then I had a salad that had a bunch of different kinds of tender herbs mixed in with greens. It was so good that I changed my opinion right then and there. I still don’t feel that stoked about dried dill, but I can do a little - it just tastes so strong compared to fresh.

[architecturaldream]

Thank you for explaining ‘Gameyness’! I don’t often find it in our lamb in Australia but remember Molly describing lamb that way and was like ‘huh’.

[ghostgirl]

I have been a dill lover since I was about 8 - we went to a 4th of July celebration at the local historical museum and there was a bake sale. Someone had made the most AMAZING dill corn bread muffins. I still think about those.

[samezuoo]

OMG Carla, you know what cured my chicken liver aversion (at least for this one dish but I'm truly obsessed with it) - paté di fegato toscano! You have to try it if you haven't already!
My Italian bestie introduced me to it and omg, it's heavenly!

[Nick-ejhp]

Yeah! This is one of my wife and I favorite Carla recipes! We officially/unofficially named it Halloumi Surprise 😂

[daveplaysdestiny]

As someone in the UK where we had sheep’s in the fields all year round, I eat grass fed for the welfare as much as the taste. (Which is also delicious)

[vanilaqt]

It's very highly used in the Middle East, especially as a breakfast food. Our Arab countries that are predominantly from the Levent. Makes sense, I guess, literally right next door to Cyprus.

[paulapolcyn]

KIOTFS 😂. Can’t wait to try this. We love every ingredient in this recipe!