Rosemary lamb with green asparagus

AUTHOR
Kerry Mosley
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 1
COOK TIME
75 mins
TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 2 medium-sized onions
  • 1–2 Garlic cloves
  • 4–5 Branches of rosemary
  • 5 TABLESPOONS Butter
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sugar
  • 75 g Flour
  • 1.5 kg green asparagus
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Pine nuts
  • 4 Lamb salmon (detached lamb back; à approx. 150 g)
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • baking paper

Directions

  1. 1

    For the rosemary crumble, peel and chop the onions. Peel and chop the garlic. Wash the rosemary, put 2 sprigs aside. From the rest, pluck the needles and chop. Heat 3 tablespoons of butter. Fry onions, garlic and chopped rosemary.

  2. 2

    Season vigorously with salt and pepper. Let cool in a bowl for about 5 minutes. Quickly work into crumbles with flour.

  3. 3

    Wash the asparagus, cut off the woody ends generously. Roast pine nuts in a pan without fat, remove.

  4. 4

    Dab meat dry. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the lamb salmon well all around. Season with salt and pepper. Remove and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper, set the pan aside.

  5. 5

    Spread the crumble on the lamb salmon, press down a little. Place the rosemary sprigs on the tray. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/circulating air: 175 °C/gas: see manufacturer) for about 15 minutes.

  6. 6

    Cook the asparagus in boiling salted water covered with 1 teaspoon sugar for about 8 minutes. Melt 2 tbsp. butter in a frying pan. Remove meat from the oven and let it rest for about 2 minutes. Serve with drained asparagus.

  7. 7

    Add butter and pine nuts. Potato gratin with dried tomatoes is also delicious.

  8. 8

    Drink tip: light red wine, for example a young Bardolino

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
460 kcal
CARBS
10 g
FATS
26 g
PROTEINS
43 g