From paddock to plate, we take great care in everything we do. We have collaborated with award-winning author and food journalist Richard Cornish to develop and triple-test this beautiful collection of recipes, all cooked with our very own meat.
It’s an early Easter this year so we have brought out a dish that is great for warmer days but still has everyone’s Easter favourite - lamb. The aromatics of rosemary with the punch of parmesan pairs beautifully with the sweet tender lamb. Making a little mustard glaze helps the panko crumbs stick to lamb and using panko crumbs are lighter and crunchier.
Read MoreMy nana was a great cook. Growing up without a lot of money, she knew how to stretch out meals, make great dishes from cheaper cuts and fill up the bellies of hungry men and fussy kids. But it was on special occasions when she would really impress and nobody could come close to making a roast like hers. Nana would get up before the dairy farmers so that lunch would still be served by noon but I have tweaked her recipe so that the whole process takes about 2 hours with some prep the night before – and it might not be quite as good as Nan’s, but it's pretty close.
Read MoreA beautiful rich slow cooked shoulder of lamb served on a salad of moghrabieh. You can buy these hand-rolled balls of semolina at Tonna’s in Daylesford or any other great deli where middle eastern products are sold. They are used in Middle Eastern cooking and soak up the flavours of everything they are cooked with.
Read MoreThese are simple and delicious ways of serving BBQ lamb. Make it a special dish by making your own rosemary skewers. Take long stems of rosemary about 15cm long and strip almost all the leaves except a tuft at the end. Take a sharp knife and whittle away the thick end to form a point to form a skewer that will also impart flavour into the lamb.
Read MoreA rich sauce made from one of the best value pieces of lamb. Neck is packed with flavour and offers incredible value. Here is a Northern Italian ragu I first had when I dined with Stefano De Pieri at his famous restaurant in Mildura.
Read MoreThese beautiful ruby red burgers are packed full of goodness and have a full sweet flavour of lamb and the nutrition of beetroot. Beetroots are surprisingly full of sugar so you need to cook these beautiful burgers on a medium heat otherwise they can become too dark. And remember all meat, including burger, need resting. They freeze really well for up to three months.
Read MoreAn easy cook-in-the-pot ragu packed with veg while being quite rich and deliciously sticky without too much tomato. It’s all about the lamb and veg. You can serve this with any pasta or even polenta. If you have leftovers, add some cooked vegetables and a little stock, and you have a hearty soup.
Read MoreA traditional Northern Indian recipe. You can ramp up the spiciness of the dish by using more chillies or omit them completely if you don’t like it hot. You can stretch this dish out to feed more by simply adding more vegetables, and more water and cooking up a pot of rice.
Read MoreThis is a great way of celebrating full-flavoured autumn lamb by roasting it with a few middle eastern flavours and finishing it with the beautiful ruby like jewels of fresh pomegranate.
Read MoreThe flavours of the Middle East resonate with the Australian summer. Mint, figs, pomegranate, cumin, and thyme. This dish is packed with flavour and can be easily cooked in a BBQ with a lid. Just remember to cook it fast to get the golden-brown crust and then low and slow to make the meat inside lip-smackingly tender. This will feed a big family get-together, and you can stretch out the numbers by making more couscous salad.
Read MoreAutumn is a great time to hunker down and enjoy some juicy, tender slow-cooked lamb ribs. At the Daylesford Meat Company, our lambs are raised on pasture at Green Hills, the family farm near Malmsbury. We’re giving these ribs a touch of Spain with some smoky paprika and a luscious sauce made with red peppers in a jar that come all the way from Spain.
Read MoreFull of flavour and great value for money, forequarter chops were once the BBQ chop of choice. They come from the shoulder of lamb, which means they are on the bone. The Greeks know the secret of basting the chops in lemon juice and white wine overnight, slowly taken on the fragrance of herbs and garlic. Serve with a big fat Greek salad, some tzatziki, and loads of crusty bread to mop up those aromatic pan juices.
Read MoreTake a whole shoulder of lamb, rub it with herbs and spices, plonk it top of a bed of potatoes and peppers and slowly cook it until the juices run down to flavour and enrich the dish. This dish, with a loaf of crusty bread, will easily feed four or with some other vegetable dishes, feed a family of six. Serve it with a big red wine. As they say in Spain Buen Provecho – Enjoy!
Read MoreFor generations, the lamb shank was the grandmother’s secret. Cheap, sweet and filling a lamb shank strew could feed a big country family when spooned over piping hot mashed spuds. The secret’s out, but we still reckon that shanks offer great value as they are rich, have great flavour and go a long way. Here’s a special winter dish, perfect for a Sunday lunch. We love making this dish with the local sweet carrots grown in the rich volcanic soil and serving it with a bowl of piping hot mashed potato.
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