LAMB WITH DUMPLINGS RECIPE

This recipe will teach you how to make Lamb with Dumplings. It is a quick and easy recipe to make. This is a really good meal to have on a cold winters night. The flavour of the dumplings with herbs in them are just terrific. My mum when she used to dish up the Lamb with Dumplings would not let us have any bread with it to as she used to say the dumplings were our bread at this meal. It took me years till I was older to realise what she meant but now I say the same to my children.

Lamb with Dumplings Ingredients

1 Tbs oil
3/4 pint water
2 large onions
2 Tbs seasoned flour
1 chicken stock cube
1/2 x 8 oz packet frozen peas
1 lb carrots peeled and sliced
1 1/2 lb lamb boned and chopped

For the Dumplings:
little cold water
1 Tbs mixed herbs
2 oz shredded suet
1 cup self raising flour
salt and pepper to taste

Lamb with Dumplings Method

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Make sure to remove any excess fat from the meat then chop it into medium size pieces then roll in seasoned flour. In a frying pan lightly fry the onion taking care not to brown then add the meat pieces and fry lightly for 2 minutes. Dissolve the chicken stock cube in 3/4 pint boiling water and then add to the onion and meat with the carrots. Turn into an ovenproof casserole dish and cover and cook in preheated oven for 1 hour. Make the dumplings by mixing the flour with the suet, herbs and seasoning then add sufficient cold water to make a stiff dough then form into balls. Stir the peas into the meat mixture and arrange the dumplings on top and put it back in the oven and cook the Lamb and Dumplings for a further 20 minutes.

Enjoy your freshly made Lamb with Dumplings!

FRICASSEE OF LAMB RECIPE



This recipe will teach you how to make Fricassee of Lamb. It is a quick and easy recipe to make. This is a wonderful tasting meal with the flavour of lamb, carrot, onion, mushrooms and then mixed with the other ingredients goes into making the Fricassee of Lamb taste absolutely fantastic. My dear old mother used to make this for us when we were young as there were six children in our family and she used to make a great big pot full. She used to make it and let it cool and then remove the fat off the top then reheat it and it really was a very nourishing meal for our family.

Fricassee of Lamb Ingredients

1 bay leaf
1 oz butter
1 Tbs cream
pinch rosemary
1 1/2 lb lamb diced
2 Tbs seasoned flour
1 Tbs chopped parsley
salt and pepper to taste
1 large onion peeled and sliced
1 large carrot peeled and sliced
6 3/4 oz can button mushrooms

Fricassee of Lamb Method

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Put the seasoned flour into a bowl and add the lamb and coat it all over. In a frying pan cook the onion and carrot gently in the butter for 2 minutes but do not let it brown then add the meat and turn in the hot fat to seal then sprinkle in the rest of the flour and stir well and turn into an ovenproof casserole and add sufficient water to cover. Add the bay leaf and rosemary and cover then cook in preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours adding the mushrooms for the last 15 minutes of cooking time. Taste and add more seasoning if needed. Remove the lid and stir the cream in and sprinkle with the parsley and serve the Fricassee of Lamb straight away.

Enjoy your freshly made Fricassee of Lamb!

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