Leg Of Lamb Tuscany Style Agnello Con Piselli Alla Toscana Recipes

Steps:

• Heat a large, deep skillet over medium high heat.
• Season chicken with salt and pepper.
• Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, half the chicken pieces, and a couple of crushed cloves of garlic.
• Brown chicken 2 minutes on each side and remove from pan. Add remaining olive oil, another single turn of the pan, the remaining chicken pieces and garlic.
• Brown chicken 2 minutes on each side and remove. Add vinegar to the pan. Let it cook off.
• Add butter, shallots, and rosemary to the pan and cook 2 minutes, add flour and cook 1 minute more.
• Whisk in wine, reduce 1 minute. Whisk in broth and bring liquids up to a bubble.
• Return chicken to the pan and simmer over moderate heat 7 to 8 minutes to finish cooking chicken through.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F
• In a shallow baking dish, lightly coat the bottom with 1 tbls of olive oil.
• Place salmon, skin side down, in baking dish and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drizzle 2 tbls of olive oil over salmon and set aside.
• In a frying pan heat the remaining olive oil and add fennel, garlic and as many artichoke heart as you like. (Drain and pat dry the artichokes before adding them.) Saute for about five minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in sun-dried tomatoes, dill and lemon juice.
• Pour over salmon and bake 15 to 20 minutes until fish flakes with a fork.
• Thoroughly wash spinach and steam until wilted.
• Place salmon on a plate of spinach, top with mixture and serve.

Steps:

• Soak the borlotti beans overnight in cold water, then drain.
• Heat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
• Heat the olive oil in the dutch oven and saute the onions and garlic until translucent. Do not allow to colour or burn.
• Add the celery, herbs, mushrooms and courgettes and saute for 3 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes & juice, stock, red wine, drained beans and the salt and pepper to taste, and heat until just simmering. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add the lamb chops and stir until the chops are covered with the liquid mixture.
• Cover, put in the oven and cook on 200 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes.
• In the meantime, combine the flour and butter until there are no lumps.
• After the 30 minutes are up, remove the lamb from the oven. Stir through the butter and flour mixture in teaspoonfuls until well combined. Cover, put back in the oven and then reduce the heat to 150 degrees Celsius. Cook for 1& 1/2 - 2 hours, or until the meat is nearly falling off the bone, and the beans are cooked.
• Serve with crusty ciabatta bread or just in big bowls (think steaming casserole on a cold winter's night) with glasses of red wine. This is nice also with steamed green beans.

Steps:

• Place lamb, fat side up, in large roasting pan. Sprinkle with salt. Mix oil, minced rosemary, lemon peel and garlic in bowl. Rub over lamb.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Roast lamb until thermometer inserted into thickest part registers 130°F for medium-rare, basting occasionally with pan juices, about 1hours. Transfer to platter. Tent loosely with foil; let stand for 15 minutes.
• Spoon off fat from drippings in roasting pan; add 1/4 cup water to pan. Place on burner over medium heat. Add any lamb juices from platter. Bring to boil, scraping up browned bits on bottom of pan. Season with salt. Keep warm.
• Cut lamb into thin slices; arrange on platter. Pour pan juices over. Garnish with rosemary sprigs.

Steps:

• Whisk wine, shallots, mustard, 1/3 cup chopped sage, oil, and garlic in medium glass bowl.
• Transfer 1/2 cup marinade to small bowl; reserve for sauce.
• Cover and chill.
• Place leg of lamb in 2-gallon resealable plastic bag.
• Pour remaining marinade into bag; seal.
• Turn bag to coat, arranging lamb in 1 flat piece.
• Place lamb in marinade on rimmed baking sheet. Chill overnight, turning occasionally.
• Combine reserved 1/2 cup marinade and beef broth in small saucepan.
• Boil until reduced to 3/4 cup, about 12 minutes.
• Cool, cover, and chill.
• Prepare barbecue (medium heat).
• Remove lamb from plastic bag and transfer to large rimmed baking sheet with some marinade still clinging.
• Open lamb like book and sprinkle on both sides with salt and pepper.
• Transfer lamb to grill.
• Cover and grill until charred and instant-read thermometer inserted into meat registers 135°F for medium-rare, about 10 minutes per side (some thicker pieces can be cut away from leg and grilled longer if desired).
• Transfer to work surface; let rest 10 minutes.
• Rewarm sauce.
• Whisk in butter and remaining 1 tablespoon chopped sage.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Thinly slice lamb against grain. Transfer to platter.
• Spoon some of sauce over. Garnish with fresh sage sprigs, if desired.

Steps:

• Heat oil in pan large enough to hold all the lamb.
• Add pancetta and saute for a few minutes.
• Add garlic and sage and saute a minute more before adding the Lamb.
• Brown lamb on all sides then add all the wine.
• Season to taste cover and cook for about 15 minutes to 1/2 hour.
• Just before ready to serve turn heat up, uncover and reduce sauce by half.
• Serve with sauce poured over the lamb.