Let's Feast.
Lunch is better when we eat together.
Excited to be sharing three home-cooked lamb dishes I came up with during my recent Spring feast! Let me know your thoughts if you decide to try any of them out.
SLOW COOKED LAMB WITH ROSEMARY
INGREDIENTS
2 RED ONIONS
2 POTATOES
1 TABLESPOON OLIVE OIL
1 BULB GARLIC, CLOVES SEPARATED
SEA SALT AND CRACKED BLACK PEPPER
LAMB SHOULDER
3-4 STALKS ROSEMARY
1 TBSP CORIANDER SEEDS, ROUGHLY GROUND IN A PSTLE & MORTAR
1 CUP OF STOCK
METHOD
- Preheat oven to 180°C and place the olive oil, coriander seeds, salt and pepper in a large bowl and stir to combine. Add the lamb and set aside to marinate for 20 minutes.
- Place the lamb, skin-side up, in a large baking dish. Add the garlic, rosemary sprigs, marinade and stock. Cover with aluminium foil and roast for 2 hours and 30 minutes with the onions and potatoes. Remove the foil and roast for a further 30 minutes or until the lamb is cooked to your liking.
- Serve with the garlic and garnish with rosemary stalk. Serves 4–6.
Warm Lamb Salad
INGREDIENTS
1 BAG OF FRESH ROCKET
HANDFUL OF OLIVES IN OLIVE OIL
SLOW ROASTED TOMATOES PRESERVED IN OLIVE OIL
SLICED LAMB SHOULDER
METHOD
- Wash the rocket and combine with olive oil, slow roasted tomatoes and sliced lamb shoulder and toss.
- Serve with balsamic vinegar on the side.
ROSEMARY & GARLIC LAMB BURGERS WITH BEETROOT JAM
INGREDIENTS
2 GARLICE CLOVES CHOPPED
4 TSP FINELY CHOPPED ROSEMARY
1KG OF LAMB MINCE
CIABATTA ROLLS
SASKIA BEER BEETROOT JAM
SLICED TOMATOES
HANDFUL OF ROCKET
METHOD
Crush the garlic, rosemary salt and pepper with a pestle and mortar to make a paste. Add to the lamb and mix in well with your hands. Divide the mixture and mould it into round burgers. Add olive oil and lamb mixture to a hot pan turning frequently, until cooked to your liking. Split the rolls or bread, toast lightly on one side, spread with beetroot jam. Add the burgers tomatoes and rocket.
In an attempt to retain the grand, historic public rooms of the 1860s and 1920s - of which the Café Royal was famed for - these Grade II listed spaces have been carefully restored.
I had the pleasure of staying here for two nights - come and see my photo diary and what I got up to.