Elegant Christmas Recipes
- 600g top-round lamb
- Kosher salt and pepper
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 tbsp dried tarragon
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 2 400g cans butter beans or cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- Preheat oven to 200 C. Season lamb with 1 tsp salt and ½ tsp pepper, then place in a roasting pan.
- Combine garlic, tarragon and 1 tbsp of olive oil in a small bowl. Rub thoroughly over the lamb.
- Roast lamb for 25-30 minutes (for medium rare. Internal temperature should be 50 C). Transfer to a cutting board to rest for 5 minutes, then slice.
- Over medium-high heat, warm the remaining 3 tsbp of oil in a frypan. Add the onion and cook for about 4 minutes until softened. Add beans, ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp pepper. Cook, stirring, for about 3-4 minutes until warmed through. Serve with lamb.
Baked Camembert with Sun-Dried Tomatoes
INGREDIENTS
- 225g Camembert wheel
- ¼ cup sundried tomatoes, in oil, drained and sliced
- 2 cloves of garlic, sliced
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Preheat oven to 190 C. Line a metal baking sheet with baking paper
- Remove Camembert from packaging and place on baking sheet. Top with sundried tomatoes, garlic and thyme. Drizzle with oil.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until very soft.
- Serve immediately with bread, lavosh or crackers.
Butterscotch Bananas with Vanilla Ice Cream
INGREDIENTS
- ½ cup pecans
- ½ cup unsalted butter, chopped into pieces
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- 6 bananas, peeled and sliced diagonally
- ¼ cup dark run
- 1L vanilla ice cream
- Heat oven to 190 C.
- Spread pecans across a metal baking sheet and toast in oven, tossing occasionally. Cook for about 5-6 minutes, until they become fragrant, before roughly chopping.
- Melt the butter in a large frypan over medium-high heat. Add the sugar and cinnamon and cook for 4-5 minutes, whisking occasionally until smooth.
- Gently stir in the bananas. Remove from heat and add the rum.
- Using a match, carefully ignite the mixture and wait until the flame goes out, before stirring in the pecans.
- Voila! Serve the bananas and sauce over the ice cream.