John Hooker served up Poached and Roasted Lamb Belly, Roasted Saddle, Lamb Fat Onion, Broad Beans, Mint, Lamb Gravy on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.
The ingredients for the lamb belly: 3 breasts of lamb – boned, 1 tbsp Dijon mustard, 1 tbsp caster sugar, 1 tbsp salt, 1 litre lamb stock, 2 sliced onions and Sprig of thyme.
For the saddle: 1 lamb saddle, Seasoning, Knob of butter, Sprig of rosemary, Clove of garlic,
For the onion: 400g lamb fat and 4 medium white onions – peeled and cut in half.
For the gravy: 1 tbsp caster sugar, 1 shallot – peeled and sliced, 1 sprig rosemary, 1 sprig of mint, 1 pinch saffron, 100ml white wine, 500ml of reduced lamb stock, 50g broad beans – blanched and podded, 1 tsp baby capers and 1 tsp chopped fresh mint.
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