Braised lamb too sweet. Help!

katkin

I really hope someone can help me to save my braised lamb dish.

I cooked it with root vegetables, onions, some stock, garlic, little tomato puree and a large spoonful of spiced plum chutney. It's horrible - far too sweet.

What can I do to salvage it?

Any advice appreciated. Thank you.

Bongedone

You could try adding more stock and tomato puree.

Amarillo

Maybe some Worcestershire sauce ?

bukup

katkin wrote: »

I really hope someone can help me to save my braised lamb dish.

I cooked it with root vegetables, onions, some stock, garlic, little tomato puree and a large spoonful of spiced plum chutney. It's horrible - far too sweet.

What can I do to salvage it?

Any advice appreciated. Thank you.

If you have some oxo beef cubes this will help.....try 1,then another if it is still sweet....

be careful if using worcester sauce as it can be overpowering.

katkin

Thanks!

This is going to sound disgusting - but I took the meat and vegetables out and rinsed them in a sieve, poured some of the "sauce" away and added more water, oxo cubes and wee dash lee&perins. It's helped loads and it's quite nice now. Lamb is so expensive it was our Sunday dinner treat, I just couldn't waste it.

Lesson learnt about the chutney, won't do that again in a hurry!

pigpen

I did lamb too.. then went out for dinner because I don't like it.. BUT everyone else ate it!!!! .. so what do I eat for the rest of the week?

maypole

maybe add some cider vinegar to counteract the sweetness

madoldbat

Re braised lamb.Try this next time soooooooooo simple.
for 4
2 tins chopped tomatoes
1 diced onion
2 tablespoons mint sauce (I use half a jar cos we like mint).
Cover the lamb and baraise as normal.
Yummy and simple.

katkin

Thank you for the recipe, it sounds lovely and easy to do.

I usually do lamb very plainly or curried. I have used redcurrent jelly to glaze lamb steaks with and the sweet tartness worked really well. It was that that made me think the chutney would work alas...with parsnips, carrots and turnip it was too much.

Luckily, and many thanks from the board - we can still enjoy the meal.