Ingredients:Â
40g Dried Shiitake mushrooms
40g plain flour
1 clove of roasted garlic pureed
5g fresh lemon thyme
salt & pepper
500g frozen peas
150ml vegetable stock
85g watercress
4 tbs olive oil
1 onion finely chopped
1 large tin (approx. 400g) cannelini beans
10g mint fresh
120g fresh shiitake mushrooms sliced
1 sprig of thyme
12 lamb cutlets
1 beaten egg
Method:
- Blend the mushrooms in a food processor until fine.
- Add flour, lemon thyme, garlic and seasoning to the mushrooms and mix well. (To roast the garlic, break bulb into cloves and place into a roasting tray with a little oil, roast for approx 10 mins in a medium oven. allow to cool and place into an air tight jar with a good olive oil)
- Cook half of the peas in the vegetable stock for 5 mins, add watercress for final minute.
- Meanwhile in a thick bottomed pan, heat 1 tablespoon of oil and fry the chopped onion until soft
- Add the beans and the peas you have just cooked plus mint and season with salt & pepper.
- Blend in a blender until smooth and keep warm on the side of the stove.
- Heat 1 tbs of oil in a pan add sliced mushrooms, cover and cook gently for 3 mins.
- Cook the rest of the peas in salted boiling water for 5 minutes, once cooked drain, add the peas to the mushrooms.
- Season the lamb with salt and black pepper, dip the cutlets with the
shiitake mushroom flour, dip the cutlets into the egg and then again in
the shiitake flour. - Heat the rest of the oil and once hot place the seasoned cutlets into the pan and cook for 4-6 mins each side.
- Once cooked remove from the pan and drain serve with the peas and mushrooms.