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Marinated saddle of lamb with two kinds of leek and pickled onions

QimiQ Benefits

  • Longer presentation times without loss of quality

  • 100 % natural, contains no preservatives, additives or emulsifiers

  • Reduces disscolouration

Minutes

60

Difficulty

medium

Marinated saddle of lamb with two kinds of leek and pickled onions
Marinated saddle of lamb with two kinds of leek and pickled onions

Ingredients

For 10 portions

  • For the marinated saddle of lamb

  • 5

    Saddle of lamb, boned

  • 2twig(s)

    Thyme

  • 2

    Garlic clove(s)

  • 2twig(s)

    Rosemary

  • Black pepper, roughly crushed

  • Vegetable oil, to fry

  • For the leek puree

  • 300g

    QimiQ Cream Base

  • 900g

    Leek, cut into strips

  • 50g

    Fresh parsley, chopped

  • 30ml

    Olive oil

  • 80g

    Butter, liquid

  • Salt

  • 1pinch(es)

    Ground nutmeg, ground

  • For the chive espuma

  • 180g

    QimiQ Whip Pastry Cream, chilled

  • 160g

    QimiQ Cream Base

  • 120g

    Shallot(s), finely diced

  • 2tbsp

    Olive oil

  • 140ml

    White wine

  • 400ml

    Chicken stock

  • 200g

    Chives, chopped

  • 40g

    Flat-leaf parsley, chopped

  • 2tbsp

    Lemon oil

  • Salt and pepper

  • For the brown lamb sauce

  • 1kg

    Lamb bones, small chopped

  • 200g

    Roasted vegetables (leek, carrots, celery, onions)

  • 35ml

    Olive oil

  • 3tbsp

    Tomato paste

  • 250ml

    Red wine

  • 1.5litre(s)

    Brown fond/stock

  • 1twig(s)

    Thyme

  • 1twig(s)

    Rosemary

  • 1tbsp

    Pepper corns

  • Salt

  • For the stuffed pickled onions

  • 40g

    QimiQ Cream Base

  • 10

    Onion(s), small

  • 70g

    Butter, liquid

  • 2g

    Corn Starch

  • 20g

    Mascarpone

  • 5g

    Sweet and sour pickled red cherry-peppers

  • 2g

    Spanish smoked hot paprika

  • Salt

  • To cook the onions

  • 400ml

    Water

  • Salt

  • 80ml

    Red herb vinegar

Preparation

  1. For the leek puree: sauté the leeks and parsley in olive oil. Add the QimiQ Sauce Base and liquid butter and reduce for a short time. Season with the spices and fill into a pajocet beaker and freeze at -18 °C.

  2. For the chives espuma: sauté the shallots in hot olive oil. Add the white wine and reduce to 1/3. Add the chicken stock and reduce again to 1/3.

  3. Add the chives and parsley and bring to the boil. Whisk in the QimiQ Whip, QimiQ Sauce Base and lemon oil. Season to taste with salt and black pepper.

  4. Fill into a Pacojet beaker and deep freeze to -18 °C. Pacotise and fill into an iSi Gourmet Whip. Pour in one charger and shake well.

  5. For the brown lamb sauce: roast the lamb bones and roasted vegetables in olive oil. Add the tomato paste and roast briefly. Deglaze with the red wine and reduce.

  6. Add the brown fond/stock and spices and cook for about 2 hours.

  7. Pour the sauce through a fine sieve and reduce by half.

  8. For the pickled onions: choose 10 small onions and peel. Hollow out the middle with a small spoon and set aside.

  9. Cook the outer shells in the water mixture ensuring they are still quite firm.

  10. Pour the liquid butter into a sautese, add the hollowed onions and cook slowly. Mix with the starch and stir well.

  11. Using an immersion blender, mix the QimiQ Sauce Base, mascarpone, paprika and spices together well. Add to the braised onion mixture and mix well.

  12. Fill the cooked hollowed onions with the QimiQ mixture and warm in the oven at 150 °C (convection oven). Finally, gratinate briefly with a strong overhead heat.

  13. Roast the saddle of lamb well in the oven at 145 °C to a core temperature of 53 °C.

  14. Serve with the remaining ingredients.

  15. Tip: Serve with fried potato balls, sherry tomatoes and stir-fried red beans.

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