SAUTéED LAMBS LIVER, MINTED PEAS, POTATO PURéE, SHERRY VINEGAR SAUCE
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 350g/12oz lamb’s liver
- skinned
- sliced and cut into 1cm/½in-thick pieces
- oil
- for frying
- 2 tbsp butter
- salt
- 50g/1¾oz unsalted butter
- 1 shallot
- peeled and finely chopped
- 20ml/¾fl oz sherry vinegar
- 100ml/3½oz reduced lamb stock or brown chicken stock
- 100ml/3½oz cream
- salt and pepper
- 1 lemon
- juice only
- 250g/9oz peas
- 50g/1¾oz unsalted butter
- 2 heads Little Gem lettuce
- 2 sprigs mint
- leaves picked and finely chopped
- 2 spring onions
- finely chopped
- 4 baby breakfast radish
- finely chopped
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- rock salt
- to taste
- lemon juice
- to taste
- 400g/14oz Mayan Gold potatoes
- peeled and cut into chunks
- 100ml/3½oz milk
- boiled
- 100ml/3½oz butter
Directions
- For the lamb’s livers
- dust the livers in flour. Gently fry the livers in oil for a minute or two. Add the butter
- turn the livers over and season with salt. When cooked to your liking
- remove from the pan and set aside to rest.
- For the sauce
- melt the butter in a pan until foaming. Add the shallot and fry until soft and translucent. Deglaze the pan with the sherry vinegar and reduced lamb stock. Bring to the boil and add a dash of cream. Season
- to taste
- with salt
- pepper and lemon juice. Pour the sauce over the livers.
- For the peas
- blanch the peas in boiling
- salted water for 20 seconds. Refresh in ice-cold water and drain well.
- Heat a sauté pan and add the butter and a little water. Add the peas
- lettuce leaves
- mint
- spring onions and baby breakfast radishes and toss together. Season with salt and pepper and lemon juice.
- For the Mayan Gold potatoes
- bring a pan of salted water to the boil. Add the potatoes and cook gently until tender. Drain and allow them to steam off slightly. Pass the potatoes through a potato ricer (or mash)
- gently fold in the boiled milk and butter until smooth. Keep warm until ready to serve.
- To serve
- divide the pea salad between four bowls. Place a large quenelle of potato purée alongside the salad and place the lamb’s liver on top of the purée. Drizzle the sauce all over.

