Lamb Panini With Bourbon Raisin Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• For the bread: In a bowl, combine the yeast and water. Let sit for a couple of minutes until the yeast is foamy. Add the olive oil and sugar and mix well. Combine the salt and flour and add a cup at a time to the wet mixture. Turn onto a lightly floured board or counter and knead repeatedly for about 4 to 5 minutes. Put in a greased bowl, cover with a towel, and let rise for about 1 hour or until it has doubled in size.
• Punch down and let it rise for another 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Punch down and separate into 2 portions. Roll each section of dough out into a rectangular shape about 1/2-inch thick. Make indentations on the dough with your fingertips. Lightly rub the dough with olive oil and sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese over the top. Bake in the hot oven for approximately 20 minutes. Ovens vary so keep your eye on the bread. When completed, remove for the oven and let cool.
• For the Bourbon Raisin Sauce: In a skillet over low heat, pour the bourbon. Add the cream cheese and mix until well blended with the bourbon. Add the raisins, maple syrup, salt, allspice, and heavy cream. Mix well. Allow the mixture to simmer over very low heat for a couple of minutes. Set aside.
• For assembly: In a skillet, melt 4 tablespoons of butter over low to medium heat. Add the chopped lamb chunks and stir. Add the onions and bell peppers, mix well and allow the mixture to saute over a low heat for 5 minutes. Add the cheese to the mixture and cover (partially) with a lid.
• Butter the bread slices with the remaining butter and grill the bread to desired crispness.
• Position the bottom of the bread slices on 4 plates. Add the 1 cup (or desired amount) or more of the Bourbon Raisin Sauce to the lamb mixture keeping some off to the side to put in ramekins for a side of sauce when serving the sandwiches. Mix well. Evenly distribute the lamb mixture onto the bread slices. Evenly distribute the mesclun greens and tomatoes over the lamb. Cover with the top slice of bread. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the walnuts, stirring constantly. Add the brown sugar and cook until melted. Remove from the heat and carefully add the bourbon. Return to the heat and cook out the alcohol, about 3 to 5 minutes. Be careful as mixture may ignite. Add cream and bring to a slow boil. Combine milk and cornstarch.
• Add milk mixture into sauce stirring constantly until thickened.

Steps:

• Soak the raisins in the port wine at least 1 hour or, preferably, overnight. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a saute pan, heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. When hot, saute the chicken breasts on one side until golden brown. Turn the chicken over and transfer to an ovenproof dish. Bake for 10 minutes. In the meantime, in the saute pan, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add the shallots and sweat them for 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms and saute them for 2 minutes. Add the vinegar and reduce until almost dry. Stir in the raisins and their soaking liquid. Cook until the liquid is reduced by half. Add the cream or evaporated milk, nutmeg, and cornstarch mixture. Cook for 2 more minutes, but do not bring to a boil. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Spoon the sauce onto serving plates, set a chicken breast on top, and garnish with fresh herbs.

Steps:

• For the lobster: Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
• Add the lobsters and cook until cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the boiling water and allow to cool to the touch.
• For the leek sauce: Saute the leeks in the butter in a 12-inch cast-iron pan over medium heat until tender but still green in color, about 5 minutes. Add the whipping cream. Season with salt and pepper and reduce at a low boil until the liquid almost evaporates and a thick sauce forms. Reserve, keeping warm.
• Back to the lobster: Break the lobster down into its parts-claws, tail and body. Remove the meat from the claws and tail, and reserve. Break the bodies down into smaller pieces.
• Add the broken down pieces to a 12-inch cast-iron pan (reserve the tail and claw meat) along with the butter, celery and onions and heat over medium-high heat. Cook until the celery and onions have softened, about 5 minutes. Deglaze with the bourbon and white wine. Add the heavy cream and 1 cup water and allow to reduce for about 7 minutes. Carefully pour the mixture into a blender, shells and all, and blend until fully combined.
• For the leek sauce: Pour the lobster mixture through a chinois or very fine mesh strainer into the sauteed leeks. Add the scraped vanilla and bourbon and stir to combine. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Just before serving, mount the sauce with the white chocolate, stirring until just melted.
• Slice the tail meat into medallions. Put all the lobster in the bottom of a wide serving bowl. Top with the sauce.

Steps:

• combine all ingredients in a sauce pan.
• over medium heat whisk until butter melts and sauce thickens about 5 minutes.