Slow roasted lamb with cauliflower crumb
Nutrients
Per serving
Steps
Make 8/10 insertions in the lamb and place a sliver of garlic and small piece of rosemary in each
Cut the onions into quarters and place at the bottom of a heavy casserole dish along with the remaining garlic cloves still in skins - reserve 2 for the cauliflower plus the remaining rosemary sprigs
Place the lamb on top of the onions and garlic and pour the honey over with a few crushed rosemary leaves
Add the stock and season with salt and pepper
Cover with a tight fitting lid or two sheets of foil lined with baking paper
Cook for 3 to 4 hrs until the meat is tender and the bone comes away easily
Approx an hour before serving, par boil the potatoes and place in a hot baking tray with 1 tbs of oil
Gently squash the potatoes and sprinkle with salt and put in the oven
Steam the cauliflower until just cooked and drain
Heat a large frying pan and gently brown the pinenuts until golden brown and put aside
Add the remaining 1 tbs oil and gently crush the garlic and cook over a low heat for a few minutes
Increase the heat and add the cauliflower and cook until slightly golden adding the breadcrumbs halfway along with the chopped rosemary
Toss through the pinenuts and season accordingly and put to one side
Take out the lamb from the oven and increase the heat to 200 C/195C fan to crisp up the potatoes for further 20 mins
Take the meat off the bone in chunks and keep warm
Place the casserole dish on the stove top and boil at a high heat to reduce the liquid
Serve the lamb with the potatoes and cauliflower along with the reduced stock as gravy
Ingredients
1.5 to 2.0 kg | Leg of lamb (meat without bone 1 kg) |
10 | Cloves of garlic (peel 3 and cut one into slivers) |
6 | Sprigs of rosemary (strip 2 sprigs and chop leaves roughly) |
500 ml | Vegetable stock |
4 | Red onions |
500 g | Cauliflower cut into small florets |
50 g | Sourdough bread |
1 Tbs | Pinenuts |
50 g | Pomegranate seeds |
2 Tbs | Olive oil |
1 Tbs | Honey |
300 g | Small potatoes |