Meats Recipes - Herby Steamed Lamb Dome

Ingredients                                        

• 175 g/6 oz spaghettini

• 1 onion, finely chopped

• 1 garlic clove, crushed

• 225 g/8 oz/2 cups minced (ground) lamb

• 300 ml/1 1/4 cups lamb or chicken stock

• 60 ml/4 tbsp tomato puree (paste)

• 5 ml/1 tsp caster (superfine) sugar

• 85 g/3 1/2 oz/1 packet parsley, thyme and lemon stuffing mix

• 5 ml/1 tsp dried rosemary, crushed

• 2 eggs, beaten

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• 300 ml/1 1/4 cups passata (sieved tomatoes)

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Method:

1. Cook the spaghettini according to the packet directions. Drain, rinse with cold water, drain again and chop.

2. Put the onion, garlic and lamb in a saucepan. Cook, stirring, until the meat is brown and all the grains are separate.

3. Stir in the stock, tomato puree and sugar. Bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and stir in the stuffing, rosemary and pasta.

4. Leave to swell for 3 minutes then beat in the eggs and season with salt and pepper. Turn into a greased 1.2 liter/5 cups pudding basin and level the surface.

5. Cover with a double thickness of greased foil and steam for 2 hours. Turn out on to a serving dish and serve with hot passata spooned over.