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#WFD – Spicy lamb and apricot sosaties

Remove the sosaties from the oven, arrange onto a serving platter and serve with the sauce

POLOKWANE – Sosaties are always lekker, whether braai’d or made in the oven, it’s a great choice for dinner.

What’s for Dinner says the longer you are able to marinade these kebabs for the better.

Ingredients

– 1.5kg leg of lamb, cubed
– 1 large onion, quartered
– 250g dried apricots (soaked overnight)
– 250g streaky bacon into squares, cut
– 30ml sunflower oil
– 2 large onions, thickly sliced
– 30ml rajah mild and spicy curry powder
– 5ml Robertsons Turmeric
– 2 cloves garlic, crushed
– 250ml smooth apricot jam
– 500ml brown vinegar
– 1 lemon (zest and juice)
– 125ml brown sugar
– KNORR Brown Onion Soup

Method

– Thread the lamb cubes onto the skewers with the quartered onion, soaked apricots and bacon pieces
– Lay the sosaties in a shallow dish
– Fry the onion, sliced in the oil until transparent but not too soft. Add the curry powder, turmeric, garlic, jam, vinegar, lemon juice and zest and sugar
– Cook the marinade for 5 minutes then remove from the heat and allow to cool
– Pour the marinade over the sosaties and marinate for a minimum of 2 hours in the refrigerator
– Place sosaties into an oven tray and grill in a preheated oven at 180C until done or cook on the braai
– Drain the sauce into a saucepan, add the KNORR Brown Onion Soup, mix and cook the sauce until thickened
– Remove the sosaties from the oven, arrange onto a serving platter and serve with the sauce

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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