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Best end of new season lamb with a pine nut and wild garlic crust and tarragon gnocchi
Finely slice the garlic and pick the leaves from the thyme. Arrange the garlic and thyme leaves evenly over the tomatoes, pour over the olive oil and season. Leave them in a warm place for an hour
Roll the gnocchi dough into a long sausage on a lightly floured surface before cutting into individual gnocchi and blanching in boiling water for 2 minutes. Set aside until ready to serve
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To make the jus, brown the scrag end of lamb in a large pan of hot groundnut oil. Once browned, tip away the fat, add the diced onion and carrot and sweat them down for 5 minutes
Peel and deseed the beef tomato. Add it and the tomato paste to the pan with the lamb in it and cook for 5 minutes. Then add the redcurrant jelly and the red wine and reduce by half
Add the bouquet garni, peppercorns, crushed garlic and water to the pan with the lamb. Simmer down to a sauce consistency, skimming as often as possible. Pass through a fine cheesecloth and set aside
To make the wild garlic crust, preheat the oven to 120°C/Gas mark 1. Place the bread on a tray and bake until dried out, then blitz into fine crumbs in the food processor
300g of white bread, crustless
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Wash the wild garlic and add to the breadcrumbs, then blitz until the mixture is green. Pass through a drum sieve and add seasoning if needed
To cook the lamb, increase the oven temperature to 180°C/Gas mark 4. Place the lamb skin-side down in a roasting pan with the olive oil and butter and season with salt
Seal the lamb on the hob for 2-3 minutes over a medium heat until nicely browned on the outside. Transfer to the oven for 12-15 minutes, before resting for 10 minutes
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Spread the lamb with Dijon mustard and then coat with the pine nut and wild garlic crust. Cut just before you're ready to serve
Wash the spinach leaves and spear the garlic clove on the end of a fork. Put the butter in a large pan and heat until lightly foaming. Add the spinach and stir with the garlic-ended fork. Lightly season, drain well and serve immediately
To assemble, lay some spinach in the centre of each plate, place the gnocchi and tomato confit alternately around the plate and arrange the lamb on top of the spinach. Drizzle the lamb jus across the plate