Roasted lamb cutlets with blackened leeks, wild garlic and cockle vinaigrette
An impressive spring dish made with lamb cutlets, cockles and freshly picked wild garlic. Be sure to use just the white part of the leek for this recipe.
Ingredients
For the roasted lamb cutlets
- 6 lamb 肠耻迟濒别迟蝉听
- dash olive oil
- 30g/1oz butter听
- 2 small rosemary sprigs
- 6 strands wild garlic听
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the blackened leeks, wild garlic and cockle vinaigrette
Method
Preheat the oven to 220C/200C/Gas 7. For the roasted lamb cutlets, season the lamb well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Heat a dash of olive oil in a frying pan on high heat, add the lamb and cook until coloured on both sides, the skin is golden-brown and the fat is crisp. Add the butter, rosemary and wild garlic and baste (spoon the butter back over the meat as it melts). Cover and leave to rest in a warm place.听
To make the blackened leeks, wild garlic and cockle vinaigrette, rub the leek all over in 1 tablespoon of olive oil, season with salt and pepper, and place in a roasting tin. Roast for about 20 minutes, until blackened all over and soft in the middle. Remove from the oven and set to one side as it continues to steam.
Heat a dash of olive oil in a pan, add the shallot, thyme and bay leaf and cook until softened. 听Pour in the sherry and the cockles and immediately cover with a lid. Steam the cockles for a minute, once cooked, strain and keep the cooking liquid. When cool enough to handle, pick the cockles from their shells. Discard any cockles that do not open.
Mix the strained liquid with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and a splash of sherry vinegar in a small bowl. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
To serve, arrange the cutlets on a plate, top with the wild garlic, split open the leek and spoon over some cockles and the vinaigrette. Serve.听
