Slow roasted rump of lamb with smoked aubergine caviar, grilled courgettes and feta
2 lamb rumps (250/300g)
50 ml smoked rape seed oil
1 large or 2 small aubergine
Lemon juice to taste
2 tsp ground coriander
2 courgettes
2 tsp ground cumin
50 g good quality feta
30 ml double cream
Rapeseed oil for cooking and dressing
A few lovely mint leaves
Remove from the oven and place in a bowl, cling film the bowl and leave to cool.
Once cooled, on a chopping board cut in half then with a spoon scrap out the flesh making sure not to get any of the black charred skin in the mix. Discard the skin and clean down the board.
On the clean board Finely chop the aubergine flesh.
In a saucepan and on a medium heat add the smoked rapeseed oil and gentle fry the spices for 2 mins then add the chopped aubergine and cook out until excess moisture has evaporated then add the double cream and cook for a further 2 minutes, remove from the heat and season with salt and lemon juice.
preheat the oven to 200c Place the rumps fat-side down in a cold, ovenproof frying pan and place over a medium heat. Allow the fat to gently render down until golden in colour this should take around 8 mins, then gentle colour all surfaces of the rump, Transfer the pan to the oven and cook for a further 5-6 minutes. Set aside and leave to rest for 10 minutes before seasoning with salt and carving.
Lay these down on a hot chargrill with a heavy pan on top to achieve a good bar mark this should take 1 min then repeat of the other side, once cooked season with a little lemon juice.
Spoon the aubergine onto the plate sitting the lamb on top arrange the courgettes around crumble some feta and torn mint leaves and drizzle with a little rapeseed oil.
