Cooking with Mr Fitz » Lambs

Well shucks I didn’t know what to call this fabulous dish! Well apart from freakin off the chain awesome perhaps? Hmm mebbe not..  I scored a pressure king pro .. those TV ads got to me .. tha...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2017/07/16/lamb-methi-curry-esque-thingy-mah-jiggy-pressurekingpro-outing/

Fabulous lamb chops with wild garlic watercress & green onion jersey royals.. fine meat & at least two veggies

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2017/05/14/meat-and-two-veg/

There is something just wonderful about tandoori cooked meats.. that spicyesque flavour.. slightly burnt although still juicy and tender.. And this was a lovely treat after an afternoon clearing ...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2017/04/17/easter-tandoori-time/

Well shucks I didn’t know quite what to call it..  if think the base as being a Turkish pizza.. basically lightly spiced ground meat in top of a pizza base only thinner and not crispy? Confuse...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2017/01/20/turk-esque-piad-pizza-type-wrap-thingy/

Forty three? Hmm maybe forty five or more.. either way there was a heap.. why so many? Leftovers from a catering gig! First the potatoes, chermoula paste smudged all over the slices.. Chopped gar...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/12/21/forty-three-festive-lamb-chops-pie/

A couple of quick fire posts popping up now..  first up.. sheesh it’s a getting cold I tells ya.. cold indeedy, we are getting ice in the morning.. frosty crispy sparkly icey crystals.. Time f...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/11/03/quick-fire-posts-no1-minty-lamb-chops-mashy-and-veg-or-meat-and-at-least-two/

now I have this excellent pal of mine.. You know the kinda pal that you don’t have to keep a close contact with to know that you are both totally there for each other whenever you may need it? ...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/09/04/meatopiauk-time-to-meat-up-with-a-great-pal/

minus the freezer foraged hogget  curry https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/05/22/the-great-freezer-disaster-hogget-agogo  this would be a fantastic vegan/ vegetarian number.. Oh and also I supp...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/06/11/baby-button-mushroom-and-flageolet-curry-with-pooris/

good chilli this.. Starting by browning the meat. adding a can of smuggled sliced jalapeños .. A big squidge of tomato purée.. A great shake of smuggled chilli and lime  powder … I need to g...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/06/04/beef-and-pulled-hogget-chilli-nachos/

we had an excellent walk the other day.. A good six miles of fields, woods and pastures…    And to start celebrate the national vegetarian week what better than a roast chicken? (Well I am su...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/05/18/a-good-walk-and-vegetarian-week/

Whenever I need a good think about things.. Sausage making helps me through it! You can see a bunch of them here!  https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/?s=Sausages&x=0&y=0 These ones I am making with g...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/05/08/sausage-making-time-and-hogget-chops-jersey-royals-and-purple-broccoli/

As the weather is not so great.. Well it’s very sunny yet my oh my is it cold! ( the heating gets sneakily popped back on when Mrs Fitz doesn’t notice.. ).. That means a stew type affair.. Go...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/04/29/moroccan-hogget-curry-type-thingy-with-zatar-breads-really-rather-tasty/

Right First lets get something clear.. Potatoes really really really do count as a veg.. So this makes three .. This is our second outing of the fantastic #jerseyroyal potatoes.. they do seem to ...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/04/16/hogget-chops-and-jerseyroyal-potatoes-meat-and-three-veg/

Having a good stash of leftover foodstuffs in the freezer is always a bonus.. and having found one of Mrs Fitz’s excellent mutton chillies then that’s supper sorted! The potatoes are simply s...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/04/13/simply-baked-spuds-masala-beans-mutton-chilli/

I get really excited when the first jersey royal potatoes arrive in the store.. If you are unaware of the magic of these potatoes have a look at this link here..  http://www.jerseyroyals.co.uk/a...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/04/09/morroccan-hogget-chops-first-season-jerseyroyal-potatoes-chinese-greens/

so I get asked kinda out of the blue by a local PR agency if I wouldn’t mind popping along to the Calcutta brassiere in the historic market town of stony Stratford .. Sure says i why not! Now I...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/04/06/calcutta-brasserie-a-review-not-paid-yet-free-food/

how many more ‘L’s could I get in that title huh? With Easter lamb leftovers just begging to be used up.. It’s chopped up and defatted .. then added to a great passata and some smuggled Ita...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/03/30/lovely-leftover-lamb-lasagna/

easter lunch.. a lovely tradition.  And of course it simply has to be lamb, well this is to be precise, hogget.. Hogget? A sheep that is over one year old.. this one was one year and one week to...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/03/28/the-easter-hogget-wild-garlic-salsa-verde-baby-potatoes-sage-and-onion-yorkshire-pud-bacon-wrapped-wedges-and-veggies-with-hungarian-salami-yeah/

In the mighty song words of don jennon.. So this is Easter… (Was superceded by the much more popular Beatle boy who changed it to a more defined Christian holiday..😉).. Anyhoo it’s ‘alam...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/03/26/easter-bbq-time-first-of-the-year/

So we have this optigrill.. Have you seen them?  http://www.tefal.co.uk/Optigrill?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Optigrill_Purchase We have had it a while.. It was originally to r...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/02/27/optigrill-frenched-lamb-chops-whipped-cream-potatoes-french-lamby-peas-and-carrots/

winter dishes abound.. And comfort food required to feed the soul and bellies..  And using something like mutton would normally require a huge amount of time to cook down..  Step up to the plat...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/02/19/good-for-your-heart-pressure-cooker-italian-mutton-stew-with-loads-of-veg-and-rosecoco-beans-speedysuppers/

keema.. Wonderful.. To be honest any ground meat dish is really quite nice.. Yet let’s make sure it’s good meat though right?.. It makes all the difference! And not the scraps.. ( although he...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/02/13/mutton-leg-keema-extra-flame-rotis/

samosas are one (or a few!)of those wonderful things in life.. Well I think do anyways .. Please don’t add corn though.. That’s just all kinds of wrong.. 😕 First the pastry.. Really simple...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/02/09/easy-veggie-samosas-using-leftovers/

Still on the lamb! Decided to try make our own Chinese style pancakes to go with the lamb that I shredded and fried off with hoisin and garlic sauce along with an extra amount of ketjip manis.. A...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/01/28/lamb-tales-again-asian-pancakes/

ok.. Am starting this one as ever.. Let’s go through it one more time huh?  Sheep related meat = shepherds pie Cow related meat = cottage pie Anything else meatwise = neither of the above .. O...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/01/27/leftover-freezer-foraged-lamb-part-one-the-classic-shepherds-pie/

welsh lamb is a fine thing.. Yet seeing how my godson lives in the weak valleys they never can get their hands on it at a readonable price! Weird huh? I guess that’s just how ‘trade’ works ...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/01/26/foraged-welsh-lamb-leg-salsa-verde-supper/

What to do with that leftover curry from the other day ? Turn them into something else of course! That’s the best thing with leftovers .. You get to turn them into new things!  And what nicer ...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/01/25/leftover-curry-paratha-stuffed-flatbreads/

with freezer foraging in full swing this outing ended up with mutton.. There are a few unnamed items in there.. The first bag was just ribs.. Not really any meat on them at all. So another had to...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/01/22/mutton-carrot-curry-and-potato-and-peace-curry/

good thing about having loads of things cooked is the leftovers..  Just perfect for supper.. Fresh flatbreads made..  Chef Ping deals with the reheating..    And we just deal with the eating....

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/01/17/leftover-curries/

Now that’s a title huh?  Well it is indeed all of the above.. So what first? Hmm Ok first the chicken.. It was marinated chicken breast.. Fried off hard then slathered in a #sharwoods sauce.. ...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/01/16/chicken-curry-veal-kofta-curry-mushroom-and-pea-curry-carrot-and-brussel-sprout-curry-lamb-kebabs-ghee-buttered-rice-yoghurt-breads/

having foraged in the freezer and found this piece of lamb fillet it cried out for a dusting of shawarma spices and mustard oil..     And the cous cous is made simply with chicken stock.. Some...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2016/01/10/lamb-and-chorizo-cous-cous-harissa-yoghurt-and-leftover-wrap-chips/

just a couple of curries for supper.. First one I am trying out this jar of Rajasthani sauce.. Trying to recreate that wonderful food we had on our fantastic Indian adventures.. A new one on me w...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/12/31/a-couple-of-curries/

Returning home meant a lack of meat in the house.. And I have been quite down in my meat quota.  Problem is that my Volvo spectacularly self destructed prior to us starting our Indian adventures...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/12/09/muttoned-up-supper-time/

so after what was probably the quickest flight we have ever taken (minus a quite mad internal customs number for a domestics flight in Delhi!.. Don’t even go there., ).,  We arrive in Jaipur.,...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/11/29/first-jaipur-supper-trust-me-its-darn-good-indeedy/

ok … Game faces on..  First the flight over.. Sometimes travel is so tough.. Ho hum..  Now you have to excuse the weird lighting.. Blame the airline.. It’s a bit like sitting in a strange c...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/11/27/and-so-it-begins-indian-adventures/

Didn’t know what to call this until my pal across the pond in sunnier climes suggested it! There we go.. Happy ‘shanksgiving’.. Love it’ It takes a while and start off with some great sho...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/11/25/lamb-shoulder-shanks-curry-deserves-a-better-title/

haven’t made gyros for ages..  And using up stuff prior to our Indian adventure is providing some excellent indoor foraging..  This pulled up some beef and pork mince.. Stashed away in August...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/11/23/gyros-doner-kebab-doner-time-elephant-legs-straw-fries-easy-yoghurt-bread/

welsh lamb curry?  Well it’s not a welsh recipe.. It’s Welsh lamb.. Some bits hacked off one of those great legs I managed to score a while back..  Defrosted and fried off..   First one wi...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/11/17/welsh-lamb-curry-two-ways/

we are running down the freezers in anticipation for our trip ..  So what did we find? (Ok so the title may have led you there a little huh?!) A little keema made by Mrs Fitz for a pal of... Rea...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/11/12/freezer-finds-injun/

Let’s start with that constant reminder.. Shepherds pie is with lamb or sheep.. Cottage pie is with beef .. Any other mix is like hmm .. New build pie? Perhaps? Dunno.. Anyhow let’s not focus...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/11/04/welsh-shepherds-pie-with-three-veg-mash-purple-sprouting-broccoli-spears-welcome-to-comfort-food/

i manage to score done great welsh lamb legs.. About half the price.. And right now all that kinda thing helps!  So I broke two of them down freezing the bits for stews and citrus and kebabs.. A...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/11/02/welsh-lamb-leg-supper/

stuff to use up.. Sometimes one of the greatest moments in the kitchen..  This was one of those .. Some tandoori chicken needing cooking.. So into the pan with water and extra thyme.. It’s a g...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/10/21/use-up-supper-although-tasty-as/

having picked up this fantastic rack of lamb from me pal Ben @redbornefarm    I decided to chop it up into chops.. Reasoning being that Mrs Fitz had made an excellent chermula (morrocany type s...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/10/02/lamb-chops-two-ways/

Ok.. So there are a zillion ways that people tell you to make Irish stew… As Mrs Fitz is 100% Irish it makes it even more difficults..  This is my version for this outing..  First there shoul...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/09/25/proper-irish-lamb-stew/

firstly let me tell you I have been waiting to attend this event for ages.. I missed it two years in a row..  Yet for my birthday back in March Mrs Fitz bought me an excellent gift of not only.....

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/09/19/meatopiauk/

now Mrs Fitz is not the biggest fan of Chinese food and we don’t really eat it that often.. Yet sometimes when you get a hankering for summat..  And this was one of those hankerings.. And what...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/09/19/friday-night-chinese-fakeaway/

Having managed to score a red ticket number on some wonderful Welsh lamb chops.. It’s was what to do with them? Hmm hmmmm hmmmm.. Ok.. Start by using up some glaze that I had that needed using....

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/09/08/welsh-lamb-chops-two-ways-and-the-best-chips-ever/

I was lucky enough to have access to a few kilos of lamb.. Great quality with a good fat to meat ratio.. And we all know that’s all important!  So what to make?  There is a Thai dish we reall...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/08/31/tasty-things-with-mincedground-lamb/

I suppose this was born outta part-inspiration .. Inspiration by watching the excellent Rick Steins adventures.. Venice to Istanbul .. A great show not just the food yet the sheer obvious pleasur...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/08/24/spit-roast-lamb-breasts-salsa-verde-pico-de-gallo-piada/

Am thinking lebanesey type affair for supper.. Or at least around those parts..  First some salad of aubergine and peppers..  All grilled ..    When good and soft and blackened ..     Left...

https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/08/12/aiming-for-lebanesey-type-of-supper/