How To Cook Lamb Neck In Oven
Crack salt crust remove potatoes and serve hot with sliced lamb neck and pan juices.
How to cook lamb neck in oven. It is a tough cut that needs very long slow cooking. While the lamb is resting assemble the rest of the dish. Lamb neck is a fabulously underrated and inexpensive cut of lamb.
Spread the lamb s neck onions and carrots over top of the potatoes. Season the lamb neck with salt and pepper then heat the oil and butter in a large oven proof dish. Slice the second lemon and add this to the pan then put the whole thing in the oven.
Spread potatoes in a baking tray drizzle with oil scatter with garlic and rosemary then spoon over salt mixture and roast until potatoes are tender 50 minutes 1 hour. Heat a thick base frying pan and add some olive oil. It may look as though there isn t much meat but it yields a surprisingly.
Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a deep heavy based dutch oven or pot over medium high heat. Sear the lamb for 8 10 mins turning as needed then transfer to a plate. Place the lamb neck on its cozy vegetable bed add the water cover it and slow roast it for four hours.
Place in the centre of the oven and cook for approximately 3 hours the meat should be tender when pierced with a meat fork remove from oven carefully take out the meat and keep warm pass off the juices through a fine sieve into a clean sauce pan and reduce to a glossy finish then pour back over the meat ready to serve. Season the lamb with salt and pepper. Put the pan back in the oven and cook for another 5 10 minutes until the sweet potatoes are soft but the lamb is still springy.
Add the lamb neck in a single layer and sear on both sides until well browned. After about 15 minutes add the pine nuts and drizzle everything with honey. Pour 1 cups of chicken or lamb stock over the mixture and place the dish into the oven.