I decided to cook a nice western dinner for Eugin today as he would be away on a working trip for the next few days. Went to the gourmet butchery Espirito Santo at Parkway Parade yesterday to buy some lamb, one of Eugin's fave food. The stuffed lamb saddle was available, so I got two of that, and another 2 sausages, one Spanish beef chorizo, and the other bacon and onion. They specialise in brazilian meats and the sausages are meatier than the German ones, and are really yummy and chunky. Then I went over to Cold Storage and got us some veggies for the salad. There are lots of pre-packed salad varieties available, so I normally get that as it saves a lot of trouble in preparation.
I started the cooking by frying some onions and garlic in butter, adding a little black pepper and salt for taste. I fried till the onions are soft and fragrant, before laying them nicely on the baking tray and squeezing the juice from half a lemon over them. After that, I seared the stuffed lamb saddle and sausages in the pan for a few minutes, so as to bring out the flavour. When that's done, I placed them on the onions and garlic on the baking tray. When I started searing the meats, I had already prepared the oven with pre-heating, so that once the lamb and sausages are ready, they can go straight into the oven. I set the oven at 180 degrees, and baked for 15 min, as my Dar Dar and I like the lamb medium rare, with a little bit of redness in it. For those who like it well-done, you can bake it a little longer. While the meats were in the oven, I took out the salad, added some tomatoes, and dribbled some thousand island dressing on the veggies. When the meat was ready, Voila! Dinner time!! :-)
Here are the photos!
Yummylicious lamb and sausage with wholegrain mustard sauce
(The Spanish beef chorizo was really spicy!)
Healthy salad with tomatoes and 7 types of leafy veggies
Here's the greedy gal waiting eagerly for the first crumb to fall..hehe..
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