I love a good leg of lamb there is nothing better on a cold winters day. I also enjoy stuffed lamb which you usually associate with legs, de-boned, stuffed and rolled. However there is only 3 in our family and while I do make roast leg of lamb, sometimes I don’t want to be eating leftover lamb for days, or I just want to make it for myself and my husband. So I came up with this adaptation so you can enjoy stuffed lamb in a smaller quantity. The recipe below is just for 2 if you want to make it for 4 just double the ingredients.

Ingredients

2 Whole Lamb fillets
11/2 Tablespoons of olive oil
1 Tablespoon butter
2 Garlic cloves, crushed
1 Tablespoon onion, finely chopped
3 Tablespoons wild mushrooms, chopped (whatever is in season black, chantrelles, brown etc..)
11/2 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
11/2 Teaspoon thyme
1 Teaspoon rosemary
1 Teaspoon parsley
Pepper to taste
11/2 tablespoon double cream
1/4 cup breadcrumbs
50g veal mince (you could use lamb mince also)
1 egg yolk

Method

1. Add oil and butter to a fry pan heat until butter melts. Add onion and garlic and cook until onions are soft.

2. Add mushrooms and Worcestershire sauce, stir until mushroom are soft, throw in the thyme, parsley and rosemary and mix well. Add cream, breadcrumbs and pepper to taste combine and remove from heat.

3. Place mixture in a separate bowl and add egg and veal mince stirring until well combined.

4. Take a meat mallet and pound lamb fillets to flatten slightly. Spread stuffing mixture all over the lamb fillet, take the second fillet and place on top secure well with toothpicks.

5. Place in an ovenproof dish and bake in pre heated oven 190c for 25-35 Min’s (cook time depending on whether you like your meat rarer or more well done.) Remove from oven and rest for 5 Min’s, slice in two.

Serve on a bed of greens topped with red wine gravy. Since we are in October and this is the time, because of Halloween we can get pumpkins. I served pumpkin mash on the side but you can serve with any veg mash or potato.

All pictures taken by me unless otherwise stated.