Lamb with Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients

• 2 Toast bread slices
• 1 EL Butter
• 3 EL milk
• 1 EL freshly chopped thyme
• 1 egg yolk
• Salt
• pepper (from grinder)
• 1.2 kg lamb cutlet ready to cook (1 lamb cutlet)
• 250 g pearl onions
• 4 fresh garlic cloves
• 2 carrots
• 4 young artichokes
• 2 EL olive oil
• 400 ml Vegetable broth
• 2 Oranges (juice)
• 3 stems thyme
• 4 Cherry Tomatoes
• 500 g starchy potatoes
• 120 ml milk
• 2 EL Butter
• nutmeg
• 1 TL cornstarch

Instructions

1. 1.

   Trim the toast slices and dice them small. In a hot pan, fry them crisp in butter. Transfer to a bowl, then mix with milk, chopped thyme, and egg yolk. Season with salt and pepper.

2. 2.

   Rinse the lamb cutlet, pat dry, and slit a pocket along the fat edge without cutting the sides, leaving about 4 cm deep. Fill the pocket with the bread mixture and secure with toothpicks.

3. 3.

   Peel the pearl onions and halve them lengthwise. Peel the garlic as well. Peel the carrots and cut into 1-2 cm pieces. Clean the artichokes and quarter them.

4. 4.

   Preheat the oven to 160°C (320°F) fan‑forced.

5. 5.

   Season the lamb with salt and pepper, then brown it all over in a pan with hot oil. Remove and brown the prepared vegetables in the same pan. Deglaze with broth and orange juice, add the meat and thyme stems, and braise in the oven for about 50 minutes. Baste the meat frequently with the pan juices, adding more broth if needed. Add tomatoes during the last 10 minutes with the vegetables.

6. 6.

   Peel, wash, and boil potatoes in salted water for about 30 minutes. Drain, mash with a potato masher into a bowl, and let steam off. Boil milk, stir in butter until a creamy mash forms. Season with salt and nutmeg.

7. 7.

   Whisk cornstarch with 1-2 EL cold water. Remove lamb from the pan, take out toothpicks, and rest under foil briefly. Lightly thicken the sauce with the slurry and season to taste.

8. 8.

   Place the mash in the center of warmed plates. Slice the meat into cutlets, lay them on top of the mash, and spoon the sauce and vegetables around.