Remember the crushed potatoes? That lovely perfect mix of crunchy and soft… savoury, yet almost sweet from the proper cooking of the carbohydrates? Now I think they can stand alone as a dish, and in an emergency, when you need something quickly then that is a great option.
I made them last week in under half an hour, but what I didn’t go through at the time was what I served them with. I made roast lamb.
Now you know that time was of the essence that night, so what I had to do was to cook something really quickly. I think my favourite meat is lamb, so when I found the perfect quick-cook lamb roast I was in seventh heaven.
Lamb Henry is a cut, like a shank but cut from the shoulder instead. You can cook it slowly, which is what all the recipes I have found suggest, or, do it like we do – cook it hot and fast!
That piece there is more than enough for the two of us – it could easily stretch to three, I think, if I made more vegetables or just increased the potato – and guess what? It cost £2.96.
Now, imagine the pleasure of having a fresh, hot-roasted piece of lamb, mid week, cooked with the minimum of fuss and bother, costing less than a burger from a fast food joint, and ready in less than an hour. You’d be pleased, wouldn’t you?
So, first things first, get the oven on to preheat – 180 degrees – and while that is getting up to temperature start on your potatoes and rub the skin of the little lamb henry with salt.
Straight into the oven with it, where it will stay, undisturbed for 45 – 50 minutes.
(You can pop the potatoes in if you are doing them, but they will need only 20 or so minutes)
That’s it after 45 minutes…..
… and a nice thing to do is to put a spoonful of mint jelly on the top, maybe 5 minutes before the end. Or maybe redcurrant jelly?
It melts over and bastes that little henry…..
Let it rest for five minutes or so and then cut delicious slices of lamb.
Perfect with crushed and roasted potatoes……
Supper cooked from scratch in just under the hour. Each delicious portion costing less than £2. What more can you ask for mid week?
I have never heard of the cut lamb henry before. It looks very yummy, especially with that jelly on it. I am drooling at the thought of this with those bashed potatoes!
….But mash the spuds properly Wenders !!!
ooh I love lamb too. Lamb Henry is new to me too but I think I would like to become better aquainted to with ‘Henry’- mmwahaha
Start asking your butcher for the cut – they have to give in, in the end. I always have two or three in the freezer ready for a dismal moment when something like this will help cheer you up… there’s nothing like a Henry to put a smile on your face! 😉
I’ve never heard of that cut before, looks delicious! Our butcher is quite good and had offered before to get ‘odder stuff’ in so will have to smile nicely on my next visit!
Interesting name! I love lamb. This looks quick and easy. We had just had lamb steak over the weekend with creamy mustard sauce and tender brocolli.
ooo that looks delicious. I love watching the progression of that lamb cut through your pictures. Meat is so fascinating … from raw to fully cooked, just gets progressively more yummy-looking 🙂
And quick! While we often have meals without meat and don’t miss it at all… I do so love meat. That lovely, crisply glistening outside and the pinkly tender inside….
why is it called “Henry” ?
Well, http://www.thegreatbritishdiet.co.uk/Articles/LambHenry.html says is its because King Henry loved this bit of lamb shoulder so much, some say it is because it is lamb shank deboned and the first person who did it was called Henry. I suppose no one knows>