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Mediterranean Style Potato & Greens Salad

Ingredients

100g baby/new season potatoes (or 2cm cubed Roosters)

½ fennel bulb, finely sliced

1 small courgette

50g cook lentils

30g pomegranate seeds

10 green beans, topped and tailed

10g sunflower seeds

For the dressing:

2tbsp olive oil

Juice of 1 lemon

½ tsp dill

1tsp chopped parsley

Method

Cook the potatoes in salted boiling water until tender, drain and once cool enough to handle cut in half. Place into a mixing bowl.  Cook the green beans in the potato water until tender and place into the bowl.

Take a vegetable peeler to make ribbons of courgette and place into the bowl.

Add the finely sliced fennel, cooked lentils and pomegranate seeds.

Make the dressing by simply mixing all the ingredients together and pour over the salad. Mix well and serve with a scattering of sunflower seeds.

Prep in:20 mins
Cook in:10 mins
Serves:2
Per Serving %RI
Energy (Kcal) 226 11%
Energy (KJ) 940 11%
Fat 14g 20%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Total Sugars 5g 5%
Salt 0.3g 5%

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Michael Clifford’s Gourmet Lamb Stew

 

Clifford's Gourmet Lamb Stew

 This is adapted from a recipe from Cork chef Michael Clifford.

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

  • 1kg shoulder of lamb well trimmed and diced (keep the bones)
  • 2 carrots, chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 small white turnips, chopped
  • 4 potatoes, chopped
  • 2 sticks celery, chopped
  • 1 leek, finely sliced
  • Salt and black pepper
  • 50g approx. green cabbage, finely shredded125ml
  • 250ml cream
  • Dash of Worcester sauce
  • Chopped parsley

To Cook

Place the lamb in a large pot. Cover with cold water and bring to the boil.  Drain and rinse the lamb, place in a clean pot. Add the bones to the pot. cover with approx. 1 litre  water.  Add the vegetables, except the cabbage. Season.

Cover the pot and cook gently for approx. one hour, or until the meat is tender. Then remove the bones from the pot.

To finish the sauce, remove about 250ml of the liquid and vegetables from the pot. Process this with the cream and return to the pot with the finely shredded cabbage. Add the Worcester sauce. Simmer for 5-10 minutes, until the cabbage is heated through. Check the seasoning. Add the parsley and serve in deep plates.