Anyone who knows me knows my love affair with roast lamb. This recipe is bursting with flavour and the meat literally falls off the bone! The crunchy herbs and spices add a delightful contrast in texture, making it perfect for a long, lazy Sunday lunch. You simply can’t go wrong with this classic dish!
My absolute favourite thing to make for Sunday lunch at Notachef’s Table is a lamb shoulder. It is so juicy and tender and reminds me of Christmas in my granny’s kitchen when I always tried to get my hands on the crispy leg of lamb fat when she wasn’t looking! I often got wrapped over the knuckles instead! It’s the season for roasts and a perfect dish for the holidays when you have lots of people around. I love serving my lamb with an interesting rice dish like Jerusalem-spiced rice and a couple of salads.
I love meatballs! They are great as finger food and our kids love them too! Double bonus! These lamb meatballs with jewels of feta and a drizzle of pomegranate molasses are absolutely mouthwatering: perfect as part of a tapas meal or in a lunchbox for work or school. I usually make a couple of batches and freeze them in portions for those evenings where I just don’t feel like cooking. Yes, believe it or not, that actually happens to me too!
I bake bread for my family at least twice per week using my trusty Thermomix to make the dough. It’s so much cheaper and tastier than grocery store bread. This is one of my go-to breads. It yields a generous loaf, although my family almost devours it as soon as it comes out of the oven. The tender loaf, a Cookidoo recipe, is very soft with a beautifully crisp, golden crust thanks to the cast iron pot it is baked in. I prefer to use maas instead of buttermilk as I find that buttermilk is quite runny nowadays
These cheese puffs are so light and airy you may be tempted to eat the whole tray by yourself! Watching them puff up in the oven is nothing short of a miracle!
Bao buns are a delicacy throughout many parts of Asia. I think of them as an Asian-type burger, just healthier than the versions we are used to! When filled with slow-cooked and pulled pork shoulders complimented by barbeque sauce, spring onions, coriander, onions, sesame seeds and the compulsory chilli, the result is a sticky mess to devour with your hands. Definitely not first date food! Or maybe it should be?!
