Roast Lamb Stuffed With Asparagus And Wild Mushrooms, Blue Cheese Dauphinoise, And Thyme And Lavender Jus

Ingredients

Ingredients For the stuffing and lamb
  • knob of butter

  • 1 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for cooking the lamb

  • 120g/4¼oz mixed wild mushrooms, roughly chopped

  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped

  • 2 stems asparagus

  • 1 short saddle of lamb, boned, skinned, fat left on (ask your butcher to do this for you)

  • 250g/8¾oz caul fat, soaked in cold water for an hour (available from some butchers)

For the vegetables
  • 1 small aubergine

  • 1 courgette

  • dash olive oil

  • 1 red pepper, quartered, seeds removed

  • 12 baby plum tomatoes

  • 1 sprig fresh thyme, leaves only

For the blue cheese dauphinoise
  • 250ml/8¾fl oz double cream

  • 2 garlic cloves

  • 1 sprig fresh thyme

  • 100g/3½oz strong blue cheese (such as Roquefort), chopped

  • 3 potatoes, peeled

  • butter, for greasing

For the thyme and lavender jus
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

  • 1 shallot, finely chopped

  • 1 carrot, finely chopped

  • 1 garlic clove, crushed to a paste

  • 1 sprig fresh thyme

  • 1 sprig dried lavender, flowers only

  • splash white wine

  • 250ml/8¾fl oz lamb stock

To serve
  • 150g/5¼oz spinach, washed thoroughly

  • 25g/1oz black olives, roughly chopped

Description

Recipe Uses Knob Of Butter, 1 Tbsp Olive Oil, Plus Extra For Cooking The Lamb, 120g/4¼oz Mixed Wild Mushrooms, Roughly Chopped, 1 Garlic Clove,...

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