Alex Budman: Roast lamb with Meg and Ned

What to do when the grey days of winter make you feel like life is one big hangover… get out of town! Luckily for us, our wonderfully awesome friend Mat, […]

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What to do when the grey days of winter make you feel like life is one big hangover… get out of town! Luckily for us, our wonderfully awesome friend Mat, a St Andrews alumni (or something like that), brought a group of friends to his place in Perthshire to engage in all sorts of fun. So off we went, a fleet of people and convoy of cars eager to leave the small streets of St Andrews in search of greener (or whiter in this case, there was snow!) pastures.

Once we decided that this would be the Scrumptious St Andrews Christmas special, Megan and Ned rose to the challenge; and decided to make a wicked good Christmas feast. The menu included:
Roast leg of lamb
Potato Dauphinoise
Roast Veg
And for dessert… a delicious apple cobbler.

To accompany this feast, we decorated the dinning room with tesco value decorations. The overall result was a feel good atmosphere with a truly scrumptious menu.

Megan and Ned made it look easy. From preparing to serving the meal, they were never without a drink or smile, showing that cooking, even for big groups of people, can be fun and a time to try new recipes or variations of the old ones.

So if for some terrifying terrible nightmare reason, you are put in charge of your family Christmas/ Hanukkah/ festivis/ kwanza dinner, look at this video, have a sip of red wine, and remember that you can do it! Sugar and spice, you are so nice, and some culinary risks result in delicious outcomes (or disasters… either way, you can joke about it later).

Have a wonderfully scrumptious holiday! Enjoy your time away from the bubble… and see you soon!

Recipes:
These recipes were done without set measurements (megan and ned are that good!) .. but here is the jist. Attached are good recipes if you want a clearer description of how to exicute these delicious items.

Roast Leg of lamb
Garlic
Rosemary
Salt and pepper

Preparation of Lamb:

Trim some of the fat (not too much, for fat tastes goooood).
Salt and pepper both sides of the lamb leg.
Cut the garlic cloves into spears.
Cut slits into the meat; insert the gartlic and rosemary (this will infuse into the meat and make it delicious!)

Cook:

Roast the meat at 360 degrees for 45mins- 1 hour depending on how you like your meat to be cooked.

Full recipe.

Potato Dauphinoise:

Slice potatoes and boil them in milk. Keep potatoes in boiling milk until they are almost soft.

In a separate pan, make the cheese sauce.
Out in cheddar cheese, Boursin cheese, extra thick double cream, and butter.

Then, the fun part, assemble! Layer the potatoes, and put the cream sauce in between each layer. On your top layer, put a thick amount of cream sauce, and top with cheddar cheese to give it a nice crust.

Bake for approximately 20 minutes at 360 degrees F.

Full recipe.

Written by Alex Budman, bystander columnist

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