neck of lamb - what to do?

Fill_7

hi,

got about 5 bits(2lb) of 'neck of lamb'.

what can i do with it for dinner today?

tia

Bambam

Maybe Irish Stew or Lancashire Hot Pot.

Rikki

I use neck of lamb for stews. I've never tried it any other way.

Here are some recipe ideas from BBC FOOD RECIPES

tigs78

Copied this from another thread I posted on, my Mum specified neck of lamb in the original recipe...

This is my Mum's recipe for a Lamb Rogan Josh but I used Beef as it was loads cheaper, no ready made sauce here this one is made from scratch

Because I am such a cooking dunce it has VERY simple instructions. My Mum knows this hence the slightly patronising comments about using a larger quantity of meat to make more portions to freeze!

Recipe for Lamb Rogan Josh follows. Remember, you do not have to have ALL the ingredients, or even include them in the quantities given. A curry, or any meal can be different every time! Quantity of lamb = if you put quite a bit in you can make more than one meal at a time and freeze some! I use Neck of Lamb - I think Tesco call it Lamb Fillet, costs about £2.00 a pack EDIT: It might have done in 1983 but was about £4.50 in Tesco, went for Beef at £2.50 instead which could feed 4 in a curry.

Quantities are to feed 4.

1 pack Lamb Fillet, cubed
2 tablespoons oil [2 desert spoons is about the same]
2 oz butter
2 medium onions, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, sliced thinly [optional] A clove is a 'slice' not a whole head.
3-4 heaped tablespoons of Sharwoods Medium Hot Curry Powder [or mild will do, in fact any curry powder will do]
1 can of chopped tomatoes
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons mango chutney [I don't think Tesco sell Sharwoods Green Label any more] any will do.
1 green pepper, chopped quite small. [or red or yellow - the red and yellow ones are a bit sweeter tasting]
Salt to taste


1. Heat the butter and oil together and brown the meat quickly. It cooks really fast and will continue to cook in the curry.

2. Remove the meat from the pan and put it aside

3. Fry the onions and garlic on a medium heat in the remaining oil/butter mix in the pan till soft and slightly brown

4. Move the onions and garlic to one side of the pan, make sure there is plenty of oil/butter - add more if necessary as the curry powder needs to absorb it to 'cook' the bitter taste out of it.

6. Add the curry powder and mix into the oil/butter and make sure you cook it for at least 2 minutes, over a low heat, stirring to prevent sticking.

7. Mix the onions and garlic with the curry paste you have made

8. Return the meat to the pan

8. Add the tin of tomatoes and their juice

9. Add lemon juice

10. Add chutney

11. Add chopped pepper and stir the lot up and cook on the stove top for a few minutes to soften everything

Cook at Gas Mark 4 or equivalent for about half an hour

Serve with rice or Paratha

To make Paratha: [remembering that it has lots more calories than plain rice, but is delicious]

Some plain flour [a dollop in a bowl]
Some salt [a pinch]
Some water [enough to make a stiffish dough - a bit at a time]
Some butter, softened in the microwave to make it spreadable

Mix the flour, salt and water [a little at a time] to make a pliable dough. If it gets too wet, add more flour.
Put it on a floured board and roll it into a circle
Spread half with butter and fold over
Re-roll and do the same about four times, this layers the dough and the butter.
Roll it out to about plate size or frying pan size and fry in some hot oil till it goes a bit brown
and a bit stiff!

Serve it under your curry, you won't need any rice.

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Hi I managed to bag two good sized pieces of Neck of Lamb at Sainsburys yesteray that had been marked down .Any ideas for cooking it in a SC I would like to make something with enough left over to freeze .Anyone here had a go with this
Also I saw very cheaply ,although I didn't buy one, a hock of pork for about £1.90 it seemed to have quite a lot of meat on it and wondered if that too could be cooked in a SC. I love the idea of bunging everything in and just leaving it to cookwhilst I am out with my grandchildren:D

Queenie

Jackie, I have cooked both in the SC - tin of toms, carrots, onions, celery any other veg; with the neck of lamb I've added pearl barley to bulk it out and make it into a substantial meal.

The pork hock comes out absolutely gorgeous! I cooked it, cooled it; skimmed the fat, cut off the meat from the rest. Beautiful.

jo1972

Hiya Jackie,

Lamb neck fillet is my fav! There is a really good Colemans sachet mix called Lamb Casserole, at least i think it's Colemans. Have a look at the ingredients it has red peppers and onions in it then you know you've got the right one. It's amazing with mash! I cooked it for 8 hours in the SC at the weekend mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...thats all can say!

Oh a curry cooks nicely with neck fillet. Just be sure to cook it for a long ole time cos it's very fatty.

Oh and must add that you will get all the fat rise to the top, carefully spoon it out without mixing it with the gravy before serving.

Jo.x

craig777

You can use neck of lamb in any curry or stew type dish... lovely cut of meat IMO.

System

I love neck of lamb. it reminds me of when i was a little girl. Mom used to cook neck of lamb on a regular basis because it was cheap. I wouldnt say its cheap now though.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

i eas shopping in tesco this morning, trying to make good use of money off coupons, i normally buy my meat from the butcher. but i was in the meat isle having a look, to keep an eye on prices etc..

tesco have now started doing value lamb neck shanks ? for £2 for 2 now i know there is hardly any meat on them... but i was wondering could i do something with them to feed a family of 4, we are normally big meat eaters... so i would have to make it looks as htough they are getting a lot of meat...lol...

have anyone bought these.. and what did you make with them ?

mrs_pepperpot_3

i havent bought them but ... my best advise would be to make a stew, and let all bits of meat gradually come off the bones, so just hte water and meat to start with , then take bones away and add everything else.