Saddle Of Lamb Recipes

Steps:

• Place saddle of lamb, boned side up, on flat surface. Fold over each filet, horseshoe fashion, and set aside.
• Cut chicken breast halves into 1-inch cubes.
• Cut away and discard connecting membranes and tissues of livers. Cut away and discard any dark spots.
• Put chicken and livers into container of food processor or blender and blend as finely as possible.
• Pour and scrape the mixture into a mixing bowl and add egg whites. Beat thoroughly with wire whisk. If creme fraiche is used, add it to bowl. If 3/4 cup of heavy cream is used, beat it until it is half whipped. Do not beat the cream until stiff. Add it to bowl and blend well. Add salt and pepper and blend. Chill thoroughly in refrigerator or in freezer until mixture is quite cold. This is essential.
• Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
• Sprinkle opened-up saddle of lamb with salt and pepper. Spoon cold chicken and liver mixture up and down the center of the saddle. Place one folded-over filet of lamb at each end of the chicken and liver mixture to prevent an overflow. Fold over the flaps of the lamb to completely enclose the filling. Tie lamb with string in both directions to contain filling.
• Place lamb, fat side down, on heatproof baking dish and let brown on one side. Turn and brown on other side. Place in oven and bake 15 minutes. Turn and continue cooking 30 minutes. Remove from oven and discard strings. Let stand 15 minutes before carving.
• Meanwhile, prepare sauce. Remove lamb from roasting pan and pour off excess fat. Discard any bits of filling that have fallen out. Put roasting pan on stove and add champagne, stirring to dissolve brown particles that cling to bottom of pan. Cook until reduced by half and add 1 1/2 cups heavy cream. Add salt and pepper and cook over high heat about 5 minutes. Put sauce through strainer and reheat. Serve hot.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Lay saddle of lamb flat on a counter, fat side down. Distribute the stuffing evenly over the meaty center section. Fold left flap over the filling, then fold right flap over that. Tie rolled lamb in about 5 places with kitchen twine. Place lamb over a double sheet of aluminum foil and fold up the sides so they reach just halfway up the meat. Secure with kitchen twine, to help keep stuffing inside during cooking.
• Place lamb in roasting pan and scatter the chopped-up pieces of bone and onions around it. Roast about 1/2 hour. Remove foil. Cook about 1/2 hour more. Check lamb with meat thermometer - rare is 130 degrees, medium 140. Transfer to serving platter, cover loosely with foil and let stand in a warm place for 15 minutes before carving.
• To make gravy, pour off all fat from roasting pan. Place pan, containing bones and onions, on stove over medium-high flame. Add chicken stock and water and scrape bottom of pan with wooden spatula to remove clinging particles. Bring to boil and simmer several minutes while scraping. Strain into a bowl. Makes about 1 cup gravy.

Steps:

• Open up the saddle, then put the rosemary, garlic and lemongrass along the length of the joint. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper, then roll back up, keeping it as tight as possible. Tie with string. Lightly score the fat and season all over.
• Mix the lemon zest with the olive oil, then use to baste the lamb. You can leave it to marinate in the fridge for up to a day at this stage. Bring back to room temperature before cooking and lift out of the lemon oil. When your barbecue is hot and the flames have subsided, put the lamb to the side of the coals, rather than directly over them - this will help the lamb to cook gently and prevent it burning. Cook the lamb for 45 mins for medium rare, turning it regularly, or for longer if you prefer your lamb well done.
• Transfer the lamb to a serving platter and leave to rest for at least 10 mins. Pour over the lemon juice just before serving.

Steps:

• First make the ratatouille. Heat 3 tbsp olive oil in a large frying pan. Add the onion, peppers, aubergine and courgette. Season with salt and pepper, then sizzle for 10 mins, tossing occasionally. Add the tomatoes, garlic, basil and tomato purée, plus a drop more oil if the pan is dry. Sprinkle over the sugar, add the vinegar and continue to cook for 5 mins more. Tip into a bowl and leave to cool slightly.
• Open out the saddle of lamb and remove the 2 small, loose fillets of meat. Make a cut into each fillet, but do not completely cut them in two. Open them up and flatten them out, then set aside.
• Place the saddle on a board, skin-side down, and season with salt and pepper. Spoon about one-quarter of the ratatouille down the gap in the centre between the main fillets of meat, then lay the 2 flattened smaller fillets over the ratatouille.
• Lift one of the flaps up and over the meat and ratatouille, then repeat with the other flap to make a neatly packaged joint. Place the joint, flap-side down, on the board ready to be tied.
• Using a good 3m length of butcher's string, tie the meat around the width twice. Secure with a knot but do not trim. Use the long piece of string to make a loop, then pull it over the lamb like a lasso. Pull to secure, but not too tightly. Repeat 6 times at even intervals along the joint. Flip the joint over and weave the string through the loops on the bottom of the joint. Tie the string and trim with scissors. You are now ready to roast your lamb.
• Heat oven to 240C/220C fan/gas 9. Put the lamb in a roasting dish and drizzle with oil. Season generously, then roast, undisturbed, for 20 mins. Lower oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and continue to roast for 40 mins. Remove the lamb and leave to rest for 30 mins.
• Cut off the string, pour the roasting juices into a bowl, then remove the lamb to a board. Spoon off all the fat and, if needed, reheat the juices in a pan. If the remaining ratatouille is cold, reheat in the microwave. Dress the salad in a drizzle more oil and plate up.
• Neatly carve the lamb into slices about 3cm thick. Carefully lift the slices and place onto warmed plates. Use a couple of tablespoons to shape 2 quenelles of ratatouille and place them next to the lamb. Pile a few dressed salad leaves between the lamb and ratatouille. Serve straight away with the roasting juices on the side.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Rub lamb well with a little salt, pepper, and rosemary. Place on a rack and roast, allowing about 12 minutes per pound, until the internal temperature has reached 145°F. Salt again just before removing from the oven. Let stand for 10 minutes in a warm place before carving.
• Remove the strings which hold the roast together and with a sharp knife cut the meat in long, thinnish slices parallel to the spine. Run the point of the knife along the bone to loosen the slices. Repeat on the other side. Turn the roast over and remove the small filets on the underside. Slice them in rounds. Serve each person a long slice and one or two of the small slices from the filet, with some of the pan juices.
• Potatoes Anna and lightly sautéd zucchini are excellent with this. Drink a good red Chassagne-Montrachet.
• Season the saddle well with rosemary and a little garlic. Roast as directed. Broil or roast at least one lamb kidney, trimmed and soaked in milk for 1 hour, for each serving. Carve the roast and garnish it with the kidneys and the rounds of the filet. Sprinkle with chopped parsley, buttered crumbs, and salt to taste. Serve with Hollandaise sauce seasoned with garlic and finely chopped anchovy filets to taste.