Few things feel worse than spending a lot of money on a product (or investing a lot of time in the kitchen) and running out going to waste because it goes too far or stays dry. A problem that usually happens to us at Christmas with meats such as lamb shoulder, although it is not the only one.
Whether in baked lamb or in the roast leg of lamb itself, there are risks that suckling lamb, ternasco or recental meat remains dry. Although it is important that Let’s use some butter or hydrate the oventhere is always danger of running dry.
Fortunately, we have found a chef Dani García’s solution to make roast lamb (regardless of the cut) and that it has a powerful sauce next to it in case it is necessary to increase the flavor or hydrate it. In this case, it is what is known in Spanish as ‘gastric’, which comes from the French ‘gastrique’ and which is a sweet and sour sauce made from syrup or honey and vinegar.
In this case, in collaboration with Carrefour, what the Marbella chef proposes is make a kind of syrup which will also glaze the piece of lamb that we choose, in addition to the juice that the lamb releases when roasting.
What it does is prepare a thyme honey sauce which, as you are going to see, is perfect for making the lamb tastier or for having a resource that allows it to be hydrated without complications. Of course, you can use the honey you want, just as you could replace the thyme with another aromatic herb.
In addition, it is a preventive sauce, because it is made while the lamb is in the oven. To do this, Dani García places 100 grams of white sugar in a medium saucepan, adds four tablespoons of water and makes a caramel with it.
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When the caramel is ready, add a dash of vinegar, two tablespoons of honey and several fresh thyme leaves, allowing the mixture to finish cooking. Once the lamb is done and roasted, he takes it out of the oven and sauce with this mixture generously which, as we say, could also be valid for other cuts of lamb or even for grilled or grilled lamb, such as chops.
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