Turkish Lamb Pilau

Ingredients

• 1 handful pine nuts or flaked almonds
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion large, halved and sliced
• 2 cinnamon sticks broken in half
• 1 1/8 pounds lamb neck fillet lean, cubed
• 1 1/3 cups basmati rice
• 1 lamb stock cube
• 12 dried apricots ready-to-eat
• 1 handful fresh mint leaves roughly chopped