{"id":10168,"date":"2021-08-24T10:19:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T09:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=10168"},"modified":"2021-08-24T10:23:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T09:23:57","slug":"10168","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=10168","title":{"rendered":"Aromatic Lamb and Eton Mess"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aromatic Lamb with Dates<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

1 tbsp olive oil <\/span><\/p>\n

1 large onion, finely chopped <\/span><\/p>\n

500g diced boneless lamb, from the leg <\/span><\/p>\n

300g sweet potatoes, cut into small chunks <\/span><\/p>\n

2 tsp each ground coriander and cinnamon <\/span><\/p>\n

1 tbsp tomato puree <\/span><\/p>\n

50g pitted dates <\/span><\/p>\n

2 tbsp coriander, roughly chopped <\/span><\/p>\n

Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onion and lamb. Quickly fry until the lamb is lightly browned. Add the sweet potatoes and spices, mix well. Pour in 425ml boiling water and the tomato puree, then bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for about 15 mins until sweet potatoes and lamb are tender, adding the dates for the final 10 mins. Sprinkle with the coriander and serve with couscous.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Posh Eton Mess<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

600ml double cream<\/p>\n

3 tbsp icing sugar<\/p>\n

8 meringue nests<\/p>\n

700g strawberries (not large) hulled<\/p>\n

200g bar dairy milk chocolate, grated<\/p>\n

300g packet chocolate digestive biscuits<\/p>\n

75g butter melted<\/p>\n

Butter and line the base of a 23cm spring form tin with baking paper. Put the chocolate in the fridge for a while before grating. Prepare all ingredients before making up in tin.<\/p>\n

Blitz the chocolate biscuits in a processor, tip crumbs into a bowl. Add butter, mix well and spread into the base of the tin. Level off and pat down with a flat bottom glass. Hull strawberries and cut each one into 4. Divide in half and place in two bowls. In a bowl grate the chocolate and return to the fridge. In a large bowl scrunch up 6 of the meringues. Blitz the other two in the processor.<\/p>\n

Using a food mixer or hand mixer with a bowl whip the cream until it forms peaks add the icing sugar and continue to whip until it becomes a little stiff. Tip the cream into the bowl with the meringues and mix well.<\/p>\n

Divide cream mixture into two and spread one half onto the biscuits in the tin, level off. Top the cream with one half of the strawberries, level off. Sprinkle half the chocolate over the strawberries. Repeat again with the remaining ingredients, cream, strawberries and chocolate. Sprinkle the blitzed meringues over the top.<\/p>\n

Place in the fridge to chill before serving. Run a hot knife around the mess and the outer ring of the tin and unclip. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Aromatic Lamb with Dates 1 tbsp olive oil 1 large onion, finely chopped 500g diced boneless lamb, from the leg 300g sweet potatoes, cut into small chunks 2 tsp each ground coriander and cinnamon 1 tbsp tomato puree 50g pitted dates 2 tbsp coriander, roughly chopped Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onion and lamb. Quickly fry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6cWjO-10168","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3790,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=3790","url_meta":{"origin":10168,"position":0},"title":"Four Spice Lamb Curry","author":"Alan Williams","date":"27th September 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Four Spice Lamb Curry 2 tbsp sunflower oil 1 large onion, finely chopped 1 tsp each chilli flakes and ground ginger 2 tsp each ground corriander and cumin 500g lean lamb neck fillet, cubed 1 large red pepper, seeded and cubed 1 large green pepper, seeded and cubed 1 lamb\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mr Greedy's Kitchen"","block_context":{"text":"Mr Greedy's Kitchen","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=129"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13590,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=13590","url_meta":{"origin":10168,"position":1},"title":"Garlickly Lamb with Peppers and Couscous & Chicken Pesto Crumble","author":"Alan Williams","date":"5th September 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Garlickly Lamb with Peppers and Couscous 2 x 110g packets flavoured couscous [ or plain ] 50g bought or homemade garlic butter 2 tbsp garlic olive oil 4 lamb leg steaks 250g peppers seeded and cut into strips 20 - 25 Kalamata olives handful of fresh mint or flatleaf parsley\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mr Greedy's Kitchen"","block_context":{"text":"Mr Greedy's Kitchen","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=129"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":745,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=745","url_meta":{"origin":10168,"position":2},"title":"Mediterranean-Style Lamb Stew with Olives","author":"Alan Williams","date":"31st August 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Ingredients 2 tbsp garlic oil 500g lamb neck fillet, or a shoulder cubed 1 onion sliced 3 cloves of garlic finely chopped 125ml dry white wine 1 x 400g chopped tomatoes 2 large strips of orange peel, pith removed 2 good sprigs of thyme Handful of Kalamata olives 1 large\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mr Greedy's Kitchen"","block_context":{"text":"Mr Greedy's Kitchen","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=129"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15380,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=15380","url_meta":{"origin":10168,"position":3},"title":"Lamb Pasta Melt & Mini Egg Cheesecake","author":"Alan Williams","date":"9th April 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Celebrate Easter with lamb in a different but very easy way\u2026\u2026. 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