Leftovers Done Right

August 27, 2009|Richard Nikoley||

I thought I’d put this up, since all my plated photos from the original were blurry. Here’s the second tour of my Braised Lamb Shanks (click on photo to enlarge).

Leftover Lamb Shank
Leftover Lamb Shank

It’s garnished with Italian parsley from the mini herb garden my wife set up this weekend. We only had about a cup of the cauliflower & goat cheese puree, so, I coarsely chopped three un-peeled carrots, boiled them until tender, then combined them with the heated cauliflower and a bit more butter and cream in the food processor.

If you don’t have a good food processor, I highly recommend it. It is quite fun exploring the world of vegetable purees, and what I’m learning is that potato is the puree of choice for no other reason than agriculture tends toward fewer crops, grown in enormous quantity. It also makes vegetables far more palatable to me, particularly with the huge amount of fats I always include.

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4 Comments

  1. Tom Moertel on August 27, 2009 at 22:31

    Small world: it was leftovers here, too. Tonight, I went the beef-eggs-chicken route, with green pepper for fresh crunch and panang curry for pizazz. [1] (BTW, I'm a fan of braised lamb shanks, too. [2] I don't know why more people don't try them. They're easy, cheap, *and* delicious.)

    Pics:
    [1] flickr.com/photos/tmoertel/386371651…
    [2] flickr.com/photos/tmoertel/366991765…

    Cheers,
    Tom



    • Richard Nikoley on August 28, 2009 at 15:27

      Looks good. Definitely going to have to do a lamb shank curry.



    • Richard Nikoley on August 28, 2009 at 15:30

      Looks good. Definitely going to have to do a lamb shank curry.



  2. Bianca on August 28, 2009 at 01:23

    When I first saw the pic I was “hell no!”. I though that vegetable puree was actually “polenta”, don't know if you've heard of it, but it's very common in Romania.. we call it traditional but everybody has it, so..

    Just for the sake of it, I'm gonna make it.. Thanks

    Here's a link of how it looks images.google.ro/images?hl=ro&source=hp&…