Esther Rantzen's Life on a Plate
In our brand new series Life on a Plate, former Celebrity MasterChef winner Jayne Middlemiss meets with famous faces to discover their favourite dishes. Last week Jayne caught up with Corrie's Sean and his mum, and in this episode, she meets Esther Rantzen and her daughter, Rebecca Wilcox.
Desmond’s lamb with famous onion sauce
Ingredients
2kg leg of lambfresh bunch of rosemary1 lemontin of anchovy filletsjar of capers (small)2 garlic bulbs2 red onions1.5kg potatoes - maris pipersolive oilsea saltfresh ground pepper
For the white sauce
flourbutterenough milk for a jug of sauce4 large white onions
Method
Preheat the oven to 190C/400F/Gas 6. Remove the lamb from the fridge and allow it to get to room temperature.
Finely chop capers, garlic, anchovies and rosemary and place them all into a bowl. Add the zest and juice of 1 lemon, a big glug of olive oil and stir well.
With a sharp thin knife, slit the surface of the lamb and use your hands to rub the herby mix all over the meat. Stuff a few sprigs of rosemary into the slits.
Roughly chop the red onions and place in a roasting tray. Sit the lamb joint on top of the onions and season with salt and pepper.
Place the lamb in the oven and leave to roast for 90 minutes (for medium) or until cooked to your liking.
At the end of cooking time, remove the lamb from the oven and leave it to rest in the roasting tin with some foil on top to keep it warm.
For the white sauce, first boil 4 white onions in water for 20 minutes until supple.
After melting butter in a pan, add the flour and gradually pour the milk whilst whisking until thick and creamy. Then add the onions.
After carving the lamb, pour over the onion sauce and serve with roast potatoes, peas and mint sauce.
Esther’s black and white ice cream pudding
Ingredients
vanilla ice creamblackberriescreme de cassis
Method
Place a couple of scoops of vanilla ice cream into a bowl.
Scatter a few blackberries over the ice cream.
Finally pour as much creme de cassis over the dessert as required. Simple.
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