Ingredients
																
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			- 36 ea Stuffed baby sweet peppers
 - 2 cup Olive tapenade
 - 2 cup Coriander yogurt
 - 12–15 ea Mint Leaves
 - 1 tbsp plus 1 tsp Extra virgin olive oil
 - 1 tbsp plus 1 tsp Sea salt
 
Moroccan Lamb Stuffed Peppers
- 4 lb Lamb, fresh ground
 - ½ lb lamb fat, ground
 - 10 oz Onion, Spanish, ground
 - 12 ea Garlic clove, ground/minced
 - 1/3 cup Ras al Hanout Spice blend
 - ½ cup Parsley, chopped fine
 - ¼ cup Cilantro, chopped fine
 - ½ cup Bread crumb
 - ½ cup Heavy cream
 - 3 ea Eggs, whole
 - 2 tbsp Salt
 - 36 ea Baby sweet peppers, split vertically, seeds removed. Leave the stem section as much as possible
 - 1 tbsp plus 1 tsp Extra virgin olive oil
 
Coriander Yogurt
- 3 cup Greek yogurt, plain flavor
 - 2 tbsp Coriander toasted, crushed
 - 1 tsp Cumin, ground
 - 1 tsp Black pepper, ground
 - 2 Lemon, zested
 - 2 T Extra virgin olive oil
 
Olive Tapenade
- 2 cup Mixed olives, pitted, rough chopped
 - 1 tsp Garlic, minced
 - 2 tbsp Parsley, chopped fine
 - 1 Orange, zested
 - ¼ cup Extra virgin olive oil
 
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
 - In a large mixing bowl combine lamb, lamb fat, onions, garlic, Ras al Hanout, parsley and cilantro. Mix throughly until homogenous and fully incorporated. Reserve mixture.
 - In a separate smaller mixing bowl combine bread crumbs, heavy cream and eggs. Mix until bread crumbs are thoroughly soaked and eggs are incorporated.
 - Add bread crumb mixture to ground lamb mixture. Combine until thoroughly mixed. This mixture will resemble meatloaf. Reserve for stuffing the peppers.
 - Lay the peppers on a prepared sheet tray cut side up. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and ground black pepper.
 - Place 2.5 oz of mixture into each pepper. Top off each pepper with any remaking lamb mixture.
 - Bake peppers for 20-25 minutes, until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.
 - Remove from the oven and cover for 10 minutes. Reserve for plating.
 
Coriander Yogurt
- Combine all ingredients until fully incorporated.
 - Reserve for plating.
 
Olive Tapenad
- Combine all ingredients in a small mixing bowl. Combine until fully mixed.
 - Reserve for plating.
 
Plating
- Place several dollops of yogurt on the plater. Artfully arrange the peppers in the dish, stack them gently if needed.
 - Place several large dollops of yogurt in between and on the peppers. Speckle the top with it.
 - Place the olive tapenade around the peppers in the same fashion as the yogurt. Have fun with it. There is no right way. As I say to my chefs: “Express yourself!”
 - Garnish with fresh mint sprigs, both whole and some torn if they are large mint leaves.
 - Drizzle the dish with EVOO and enjoy.