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Today we are picking up a whole lamb so please give me your best lamb recipes, whether it be casseroles, roast whatever you have. I also need to know which cut is best for what so I can make the best of what we have. Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Dianne
OMG! Where do I start?
Shanks are great for roasting and slow cooking. I prefer them roasted with garlic.....
Legs are perfect for roasting
Whole shoulders (will look like a roast) are also great for roasting.
chump, BBQ or forequarter chops - they will be really big chops and they will be cut from the shoulder joint (so you may either have a shoulder roast or these chops). If this is the case then they are great for BBQing, grilling or even using in the slow cooker. They can be a little tough so make sure you cook them well if you are only BBQing or grilling them. Try an avoid pan frying them, they don't cook as well.
Loin chops. OMG only the best kind of chops to have! These are tender little suckers that can handle being BBQ'ed, grilled or pan fried. Absolute sacrilege to stew them.
Neck chops. they may also call these lamb noisettes/rosettes. Use them in soups and stews. They need to be cooked for a long time, but are very tasty.
Cutlets. Eat Crumbed. Nuff said :lol:.
Depending on who is doing it for you, you may also get all the scraps/offcuts. These are mostly only good for petfood, but sometimes you will get some really meaty parts that are awesome for making stock or as soup and you just shred the meat that comes of them. Occasionally the 'flaps' or belly part, will have enough meat on it that you can put seasoning in it and roll it as a small roast.
Haha, Trill. Sam Kekovich had better watch out or he'll lose his job!
I'm going to a BBQ with him next Saturday, I kid you not! It's going to be interesting I think :lol
ETA - Diane, in terms of recipes, anything goes with lamb. You can cook them using Greek style flavours, you can use them with most herbs or italian style cooked with tomato based sauces etc. Lamb is fantastic in a curry (lamb massaman is a regular here) and even with just a bit of garlic salt sprinkled over chops or a marinade is good too. Lamb is just so versatile and the flavour is mild enough that you can do what you want with it, unlike something like pork, which is reasonably limiting (IMO). I love cooking it.
What??!
Full report, please!
Easy tasty and awesome Japanese slow cooked curry dish- (mild enough for kids) cut up the tougher cuts, add some Japanese curry bricks (couple of bucks at all Asian supermarkets) onion, carrot and water (or whatever vegetables you want, I put celery and potato in alot), leave in slow cooker all day. Eat with rice. It's amazing. It's the flavor of the curry sauce used poured on the chicken/pork with rice in hanaichi/magical rice/other Asian rice bowl takeaway chain stores.
Thanks Trillian and Katters, wow Trillian you know your meat girl ;). I cooked a really nice roast last night, it's amazing how tender and juicy the meat was. We have shanks, heaps of chops and the farmer we bought from did say the forequarter chops are better when slowly cooked. We have a massive bag of off-cuts with heaps of meat so that may be good for stews. We have two racks of ribs so I need a nice marinade recipe for them if anyone has one please.
Regards,
Dianne
I am doing rack of lamb today...
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 sprigs rosemary minced
- 1/8 cup olive oil plus 1 tsp of olive oil and extra to brush rack of lamb
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Let your rack sit at room temperature for 1 hour and preheat oven to 450deg
- combine breadcrumbs, garlic, rosemary and olive oil and spread out on a plate..set aside
- heat oil in an oven proof pan over medium heat on the stovetop till hot. Slat and pepper the lamb rack and sear in the pan on sides, about 1-2mins per side
- brush lamb lightly with olive oil if needed, coat on all sides with bread crumb mixture. Drain pan used to sear the lamb and place lamb rack in.
- place in the oven and cook for 13-15mins, or to your liking. Remove from oven, cover lightly with foil and allow to sit for 10mins before slicing.
Thank you, that sounds delicious.
Regards,
Dianne
Oooooh I need to sub to this thread! my dh was vego for about 18 years and started eating a bit of lamb 12 months ago... Lamb and the odd chicken meal is the only meat he will eat! I'm picking up some today from our organic butcher (again he will only eat organic). Thanks for some great ideas already.