This recipe came about while I was cooking for a wonderful friend of mine, Jan, who runs Maddocks Farm, in Devon, England, and grows the most amazing edible flowers. You can serve the salsa verde with a whole lamb or, as I have here, a couple of lovely, juicy lamb leg steaks grilled over charcoal.
2 lamb leg steaks
Sea salt and freshly cracked
Black pepper
For the chamomile salsa verde:
Large handful of chamomile fronds and flowers, plus extra to garnish (optional)
1 garlic clove
Scant ¼ cup (50ml) good-quality extra-virgin olive oil
Juice of ½ lemon
Good pinch of sea salt
To serve:
New potatoes
RECOMMENDED HEAT: Red-hot grill using lump charcoal.
Serves 2
Make the salsa verde in advance by blitzing up all the ingredients in a food processor or using a hand blender until you have a coarse paste. Set aside.
Season the lamb leg steaks with a pinch of sea salt and grill for approximately 4 minutes on each side, ensuring the meat reaches an internal temperature 140°F (60°C) for medium and is still blushing pink.
Remove the lamb steaks from the barbecue and let rest for a couple of minutes. Sprinkle with a pinch of black pepper just before serving.
To serve, drizzle with a little of the chamomile salsa verde and garnish with a few spare chamomile fronds and flowers (optional). We enjoyed ours with some home-grown new potatoes.
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