BBQ Curry Paste Recipe for Lamb

This particular curry paste recipe, in which Thyme and Rosemary are combined with Cardamom, Cloves and Allspice is especially suitable to flavour barbecue lamb.

This fresh curry works like a "wet rub", a mix of fresh herbs and spices ground to a paste in a mortar or blender. This fragrant "herbs paste" is rubbed deep into the barbecue meat before grilling.

Here's a leg of lamb after a gentle massage with this fresh green curry paste:

Ingredients

This barbeque curry paste recipe consists of the following ingredients.

Fresh Herbs, Salt and Oil

1 Tablespoon

1 Tablespoon

3 Cloves

1 Teaspoon

few drops

Rosemary, finely chopped

Thyme, finely chopped

Garlic, chopped

Sea Salt (no iodine)

Yellow Olive Oil, or other cooking oil

Spices

The mix of fresh herbs listed above is reinforced by some spices which combine very well with lamb.

1/2 Teaspoon

1/2 Teaspoon

1/2 Teaspoon

1

AllSpice (Pimento)

Cloves

Cardamom

Dry Red Chile Pepper, chopped

Please note that instead of the dry red chile pepper I could also have used a fresh red chile for this curry paste.

Preparation

Chopping, Mixing and Grinding

-	Finely Chop Thyme and Rosemary;
-	Chop Garlic;
-	If Sea Salt is very coarse, grind to medium coarse;
-	To boost the flavours of the spices, roast Cardamom, AllSpice, Cloves and Dry Chile in skillet on high heat until fragrant;

-	Discard hard peels of the Cardamom, and grind Cardamom, AllSpice, Cloves and Dry Red Chile with mortar and pestle;
-	Add Sea Salt and finely chopped Rosemary and Thyme, mix and grind;
-	Add chopped Garlic, mix and grind until you have a smooth paste;
-	If necessary, don't hesitate to add a few drops of yellow Olive Oil until your green curry paste has the right consistency for rubbing it on the meat;

After mixing and grinding, this barbecue wet rub for lamb will look like this:

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