Recipes: Scottish Black Isle lamb leg | Apple Charlotte | Honey roast parsnip creme brulee |
Scottish Black Isle lamb leg roasted in a salt and lavender crust
Ingredients
For the lamb
1 x 1.5kg lamb leg
75ml pomace oil
20g salt
Salt lavender crust
1kg pain flour
2 egg whites
60g dried lavender
450ml water
250g table salt
400g course sea salt
2 egg yolks
Pumpkin Crumble
100g cold butter
150g plain flour
10g sea salt
100g Isle Mull Cheddar
75g almonds, hazelnuts or walnuts chopped
600g pumpkin
300g butternut squash
50ml olive oil
1 onion
Nutmeg
Garlic
Method
In a very hot frying pan, seal off the seasoned lamb leg, ensuring a even golden brown colour. Allow to cool down.
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Hide AdTo make the lavender crust, mix the flour, egg whites and dried lavender with the water to form a paste. Add both types of salt and knead well. Refrigerate.
Roll out the crust and place a sprig of rosemary onto the spot in which the lamb will be placed. Cover with the crust. Brush with egg wash and cook at 200C for 35 minutes. Allow to rest and serve at the table encased by the crust.
To make the pumpkin topping, work the cold butter into sieved flour. Rub with your finger and a sandy texture will form.
Add salt, cheese and nuts.
Cut the vegetable into small bite size pieces and sweat in a large pan. Stir occasionally until the vegetables start to take on colour. Add the onions and garlic and sweat under foil. Pour into a oven proof dish and sprinkle with the topping. Bake for 20 minutes at 180C.
Apple Charlotte
Ingredients
1kg peeled and cored apples
200g caster sugar
1 vanilla pod
2 tonka beans
Method
Mix the sugar, vanilla, grated tonka bean and then add diced apples. Cook out till soft.
To assemble, line a buttered pudding basin with bread brushed in clarified butter, placing a disk of bread at the bottom followed by strips around the edge. Fill with cooled apple compote. Seal with another disk of bread brushed with clarified butter and bake. Once baked lay a tray on top to press. Reserve.
Honey roast parsnip creme brulee
Ingredients
1200ml double cream
4 medium sized parsnips (500g puree)
12 large egg yolks
150g caster sugar
1 whole egg
2 tsp vegetable oil
2 tbsp honey
Method
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Hide AdPeel and core parsnips and cut into 2cm dice, place on a baking sheet with oil and honey, cover with foil and bake for about 20 minutes at 180C until soft.
Leave to cool.
Place cream into thick bottom pan and bring to boil. Cream together eggs and sugar until light and fluffy.
Pour over a little of hot cream mix to “scald” the egg mix.
Add rest of cream.
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Hide AdIn a food processor, blitz together parsnips and brulee mix and pass through a fine sieve. Keep working as much of the mix through as possible.
Skim off any foam.
Pour into ramekins.
Place into bain marie in warm oven for about 10-15 mins.