26/01/2019
Yesterday we cooked 11 Lamb Stew and 12 Lamb Curry.
We were very lucky to source the lamb straight from the farmer and it is so fresh, succulent and tender.
We browned the lamb (bone in)for the stew until it had a beautiful rich dark flavour and used a chicken stock to de glaze the pan. We added fresh rosemary to the stock and pressuried the lamb to ensure it was tender and falling off the bone. The stock was strained off and the lamb set aside to cool.
Once the onion and garlic was sweated down and starting getting colour we added the stock back into the pot together with the potatoes and carrots until the veg were soft and the stock reduced to a beautiful sauce which we then thickened to create a thick rich gravy.
Meanwhile we deboned the lamb and cut into bite size pieces and packed into a wire basket.
The basket of lamb was then placed into the completed stew while the stew cooled.
The meat was then packed seperately from the wire basket into good even portions of meat (AT LEAST 10 PIECES OF LAMB EACH) into the individual containers, topped the a generous amount of the stew and frozen.
Today each meal was completed with a 100g on fluffy white rice packed in a separate bag placed top of the FROZEN lamb stew and the container was once again placed back into the freezer.
The reason the rice is packed seperately is because when the stew is warmed it will need stirring to bring the gravy to a consistency of a rich thick gravy. If the rice is added before stirring, the meal could end up a mushy mess.
The little bag of rice can simply be warmed in a bowl of boiling water or in the microwave.
Our lamb curry is the same process except that our special curry paste is added to the chicken stock and to the onions and garlic. Our curry is flavoursome but it does NOT burn.
We always tell our customers that you can always add but you can never take out. So if you prefer a hotter curry, Please feel free to add your own favourite chili sauce.
Just a special note that all our bones are donated to some of our furry friends that are in desperate need of food.
Also all our vegetable peels are used to produce compost and liquid compost.
Nothing goes to waste.
Photo to show meat being portioned and packed sperately