This recipe for Provençal shoulder of lamb and vegetable tian is straightforward to make however completely full of the flavour of Provence.
A tian is a Provençal earthenware baking dish used to make gratins. It has given its title to this assortment of sometimes southern greens, cooked to a confit texture, that accompany the lamb flavored with olive oil and basil, different typical substances of the area.
SERVES 5
Preparation: 50 minutes
Cooking: 55 minutes
INGREDIENTS
1 shoulder of lamb
3 cloves garlic, unpeeled
3 ½ tablespoons (50 ml) olive oil
Salt, freshly floor pepper
Vegetable tian
2 giant onions
2 tomatoes
1 zucchini (courgette)
1 eggplant (aubergine)
3 ½ tablespoons (50 ml) olive oil
A scattering of herbes de Provence
A number of sprigs of basil
Salt, freshly floor pepper
Pistou
4 garlic cloves, peeled, shoots eliminated
½ bunch basil
3 ½ tablespoons (50 ml) olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
METHOD
Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C).
Bone the shoulder.
Put together the pistou. Crush the garlic cloves with the basil leaves utilizing a pestle and mortar. Drizzle the olive oil in as you crush after which skinny with the lemon juice.
Brush the cavity with the pistou and season with salt and pepper. Roll the shoulder up and tie with twine. Baste it with oil and season with salt and pepper. Prepare dinner for 10 minutes, then decrease the temperature to 350°F (170°C). Add the garlic cloves and prepare dinner for an extra 45 minutes. Take away the lamb from the baking dish, wrap it in aluminum foil, and hold heat. You will want to have the oven on the identical temperature for the vegetable tian.
Peel and wash the onions and wash all different the greens. Minimize them into disks ⅛ in. (2–3 mm) thick. Oil a baking dish. Prepare the vegetable slices – tomatoes, zucchini, onions, and eggplant – vertically in rows. It’s greatest to alternate all of the greens in every row, quite than putting one vegetable in every row. Scatter with herbes de Provence, tuck in a number of sprigs of basil, drizzle over a little bit olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Prepare dinner the greens within the oven for half-hour till delicate, permitting them to stew a little bit in their very own liquid.
CHEF’S NOTE
Attempt to choose greens which can be the identical diameter. This can make it simpler to place your tian collectively and your presentation might be simply that rather more engaging.
Extracted from The Full Guide of French Cooking by Hubert Delorme and Vincent Boué (Flammarion, 2023).
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