CR Tormey
Lamb Shank Puttanesca with Caramelised Onions.
Serves 4
Ingredients:
- Puttanesca
- 2 tablespoons Olive oil
- 2 cloves of Garlic
- 150 gm Plum tomatoes (Blanched, skinned and deseeded)
- 2 tablespoons Marinated Anchovy fillets
- 2 tablespoons Tomato puree
- 1 tablespoon Fine capers
- 50 gm Marinated black olives (stoned)
- 4 x Lamb Shanks
- 400 ml Red wine
- 50 ml Sunflower oil
- 1 medium Onion
- 2 medium Carrots
- 1 stick Celery
- 2 bunches Rosemary
- 500 ml Lamb stock
- 400 gm Celeriac
- 200 gm potatoes
- 50 gm Unsalted butter
- 50 ml Milk
- 250 gm Broccoli spears (cut into small florets)
- 200 gm Button Onions (peeled)
- 50 gm Brown sugar
- 50 gm Unsalted butter
- Seasoning
Method:
To make the Puttanesca
- Finely chop the garlic and fry till golden brown in a tablespoon olive oil.
- Stir in the finely chopped anchovy fillets, add the tomato puree and cook for 2 – 3 minutes.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, capers and olives, cook for 10 minutes, season. (This needs to be quite a dry sauce/ mix so be careful adding the tomatoes as it might make it too wet). If required cook and reduce for a little longer
Roast strip loin of Beef, Roasted root vegetables. Serves 3+
Ingredients:
- 650gms kg Tormeys Striploin of Beef. (Prepared for roasting)
- 1 Carrot
- 1 small gm Celeriac
- 2 Parsnips
- 1 stick Celery
- 1 small Onion
- 1/4 bunch Thyme
- 1 clove Garlic
- 200 ml beef stock
- 4 tablespoons ml Red wine
- 2 tablespoons Sunflower oil
- Seasoning
Method:
- Heat a large non-stick frying pan, add a little sunflower oil.
- Well season the joint of beef, and then seal the joint on all sides to a good colour.
- Place in the roasting pan on a trivet of vegetables ( roughly chopped carrot, celery and onion)
- Place in a pre heated oven (180c) and cook for 30-35 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack to rest.
- Meanwhile, peel the celeriac and parsnips and cut into batons (8cm x 1.5cm)
- Colour the batons in hot oil and place in a roasting tray with the crushed garlic and sprigs of thyme. Cook in a hot oven (180c) until soft (15-20 minutes)
- After removing the beef from the roasting tray, reduce the red wine with the meat juices and vegetables. Add the beef stock bring to the boil, season and pass through a fine sieve.
- Check and adjust the seasoning.
- Carve two slices of beef and partially place on a bundle of the roasted vegetables.
- Add the Sauce around the beef and serve.