My other recipe using Jersey Royal potatoes is more of a traditional one. For this one, they’re gently boiled and then roasted to perfection, served with Chantenay carrots and deliciously lean New Zealand lamb leg steaks, slowly cooked in a rich Barolo red wine and mint sauce.
- 1 lemon, zest & juice
- 1 lamb leg steak per person
- 10ml Rapeseed oil
- 2 Red onions, chopped finely
- 10ml Plain flour
- 15ml Mint sauce concentrate
- 250ml Barolo red wine
- 100ml Vegetable stock
- Bay leaf
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Rapeseed oil sufficient to roast the potatoes
- Jersey Royal potatoes
- Chantenay carrots
- Broccoli
- Zest the lemon and squeeze the lemon juice over the lamb steaks. Toss to coat, cover and refrigerate for a couple of hours to start to tenderise the meat.
- Heat the oven to 180℃/160℃ fan.
- In a large ovenproof pan (with a lid), heat the oil and fry the onions gently until transparent.
- Turn up the heat and fry the lamb leg steaks until browned on both sides. Remove the lamb to a plate to keep warm.
- Evenly sprinkle the flour over the onions and oil and mix thoroughly to a paste (no floury lumps).
- Slowly add the red wine and vegetable stock, stirring constantly, to prevent lumps forming.
- Add the mint sauce concentrate and stir through, then add the bay leaf.
- Bring to the boil and reduce to a simmer for 5 minutes until slightly reduced. Season to taste.
- Return the lamb steaks to the pan, stir to coat and then cover with the lid. Place in the oven to cook.
- Add the Jersey Royals to a large pan of salted water, bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
- Increase the oven temperature to 200℃, and place a roasting dish with oil in to heat up.
- Drain the potatoes and gently add these to the hot oil, toss to coat evenly and return to the oven for 30-40 minutes.
- Scrub the carrots, then slice them vertically from top to bottom.
- Steam the carrots over a pan of boiling water, adding the prepared broccoli florets for the last 10 minutes until both vegetables are cooked to taste.
- Serve the roasted Jersey Royals with the vegetables and a lamb leg steak each.
This recipe is cooked in collaboration with Asda and Jersey Royals to highlight the versatility and great flavour of Jersey Royal potatoes.
