Moody and a little brooding, this autumnal-ish dish melds earthy spices, sweet apricots, fresh herbs, and lamb to simply elegant effect.

Definitely a nonconformist, this beauty of a burger melds lamb, pork, grilled onion, mustard, parsley, dill, fennel, cumin, lemon, and scallion. We dare you.

This spring lamb recipe is the perfect dish to usher in the warm weather. Nothing but rosemary, garlic, salt, pepper, and a tour of duty in the oven.

Mafe, a traditional Senegalese stew, is chockfull of chunks of lamb, butternut squash, root vegetables, and cabbage, all happy together in a peanut-tomato sauce.

Is there anything more alluring than watching your lover, er, loved one gnaw on a lamb chop? Maybe. This implausibly easy, elegant recipe that relies on the marinade as finishing sauce certainly turned our heads.

This classic Moghul recipe is teeming with lamb and spinach. Lovely with Indian breads or rice or both, it’s a little bit of India brought to your home.

Braised lamb shanks are cooked slowly in wine until the meat is falling-off-the-bone tender. The lamb shanks can be braised ahead for more flavor.

The grilled lamb kebabs in this lamb kebab salad are tossed with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, mint, and pita bread. Substitute beef for the lamb.

Lamb racks have the perfect ratio of meat to fat to bone, giving them a delicious flavor. They’re an easy. hassle-free way to make a meal special.

This fragrant Moroccan lamb tagine, or stew, is ladled into a roasted pumpkin for a beautiful and impressive dish. The tagine can also be separately with pumpkin slices on the side.

Chopped kalamata olives are added to lamb burgers for a savory twist. On the side of the lamb burgers is a mint-parsley-garlic-lemon gremolata.

Ground lamb, carrots, and caramelized onions are the heart of this pie. On top are chunky mashed potatoes topped with shredded extra-sharp Cheddar cheese.

Lamb burgers are juicy, tender, and filled with flavor from herbs and spices. The lamb burgers are served on sourdough bread with feta cheese on top.

These lamb burgers are spiced with mint, cilantro, and onion, and lime. The burgers are pan-seared. Served with an herb salad, the lamb burgers are a hit.

This baked kibbeh is an easier-to-make cousin of the work-intensive classic. The ground lamb base is crowned with a savory onion and pine nut topping.

Lamb pairs beautifully with artichokes in this recipe. Olives, capers, and red onions add zest while lentils lend body. A substantial, elegant dinner.

Lamb meatballs seasoned with garlic, cilantro, wine, paprika, cumin, and ground coriander are broiled and served alongside a minty yogurt sauce.

A traditional Moroccan stew with lamb. The meat is rubbed with spices: paprika, turmeric, cumin, powdered ginger and cooked over onions for hours.

Pungent Indian spices make up this masala. Cumin, coriander, saffron, turmeric and garam masala dissolve into a rich sauce for tender, braised lamb shanks.

These meat pies, are true minced meat pies, filled with ground meat–lamb or beef–and dried plums, currants, spices, and a Cointreau marmalade on top.