RUMP OF LAMB WITH NEW POTATOES AND BROCCOLI
Ingredients
- 100ml/3½fl oz rapeseed oil
- plus extra for drizzling
- 100g/3½oz new potatoes
- 1 x 175g/6oz lamb rump
- 1 head broccoli
- florets broken off
- stalk removed
- 100g/3½oz purple sprouting broccoli
- 100g/3½oz white sprouting broccoli
- 100g/3½oz asparagus
- woody ends removed
- 100g/3½oz unsalted butter
- 2 garlic cloves
- peeled
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5. Boil the potatoes in lightly salted water until cooked through. Drain and leave to cool
- then slice them thinly.
- Heat half the oil in a large frying pan and sauté the potatoes for 5–10 minutes
- or until golden-brown on both sides.
- Meanwhile
- heat the remaining oil in a large
- ovenproof frying pan over a high heat. Sear the lamb for 1 minute on each side
- until the fat has rendered. Transfer to the oven for 5 minutes
- then leave to rest for 3 minutes.
- Meanwhile
- boil the broccoli florets in salted water for 4 minutes. Drain and blend with a hand-held blender until smooth. Check the seasoning.
- Boil the asparagus
- purple and white sprouting broccoli in salted water for 2–3 minutes. Drain.
- Heat the butter in a large frying pan. When foaming
- add the garlic and rosemary and cook for 1 minute. Pour this over the lamb and carve into thick slices.
- To serve
- place the broccoli purée in the centre of a serving dish. Scatter over the new potatoes and arrange the lamb slices around them. Nestle in the broccoli and asparagus spears and drizzle with rapeseed oil.

