Lamb Shallot Gravy Recipes

Steps:

• Gently fry onion and garlic in oil until soft.
• Add stock and wine and bring to the boil.
• Simmer uncovered for 20 minutes to reduce.
• Add rosemary and redcurrant jelly, stir until disolved.
• Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Lay saddle of lamb flat on a counter, fat side down. Distribute the stuffing evenly over the meaty center section. Fold left flap over the filling, then fold right flap over that. Tie rolled lamb in about 5 places with kitchen twine. Place lamb over a double sheet of aluminum foil and fold up the sides so they reach just halfway up the meat. Secure with kitchen twine, to help keep stuffing inside during cooking.
• Place lamb in roasting pan and scatter the chopped-up pieces of bone and onions around it. Roast about 1/2 hour. Remove foil. Cook about 1/2 hour more. Check lamb with meat thermometer - rare is 130 degrees, medium 140. Transfer to serving platter, cover loosely with foil and let stand in a warm place for 15 minutes before carving.
• To make gravy, pour off all fat from roasting pan. Place pan, containing bones and onions, on stove over medium-high flame. Add chicken stock and water and scrape bottom of pan with wooden spatula to remove clinging particles. Bring to boil and simmer several minutes while scraping. Strain into a bowl. Makes about 1 cup gravy.

Steps:

• Starting 2-3 days BEFORE cooking, purchase spring lamb.
• At Easter time, it's a good idea to order it from a butcher in advance.
• Have the butcher take the bone out AND remove the gland, but tell him NOT to tie it.
• Ask for the string so you can tie it at home after marinating.
• At home, rub the lamb well, inside and out with the combined marinating ingredients.
• Roll up lengthwise and use the butcher's string to tie it up by tying lengths of string every 2-3 inches.
• Marinate the lamb for two days before cooking.
• On the day of cooking, plan on 2 hours of roasting time.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Place lamb in roasting pan and roast (uncovered) for 20 minutes and then reduce heat to 250°F and continue baking for about 1 1/2 hours.
• Meat thermometer should reach 140°F.
• Remove lamb from oven and let rest, covered in foil, while making gravy.
• Make one quart of brown gravy using a good quality beef base and diluting it with 3 1/2 cups hot water.
• Bring to a boil, reduce to simmer and thicken with roux.
• Add the sherry and butter, whisking to blend well.
• Season with salt and pepper and stir in the mint jelly, stirring until melted.
• Serve with lamb.
• For roux: Melt 4 tbsp butter in saucepan over medium heat, and add 4 tbsp flour.
• Stir constantly with wooden spoon about 1 minute.
• Remove from heat.
• (See "roux" search if you need further details).

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• In a small skillet heat oil over moderate heat until hot but not smoking and cook shallots with salt and pepper to taste, stirring, until golden, about 5 minutes. Add vinegar and boil until liquid is evaporated. Remove skillet from heat and stir in bread crumbs, thyme, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Season lamb with salt and pepper and arrange, ribs side down, in a small roasting pan. Spread meat side with mustard and pat on crumb mixture evenly. Roast lamb in middle of oven until a meat thermometer registers 135°F. for medium-rare, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Carefully transfer lamb to a cutting board and let stand 5 to 10 minutes. Slice lamb into chops.