Lamb Roly-Poly

I’m still on my diet and always looking for ways to make my meals tasty and enticing whilst keeping the fat content to a minimum. Steaming foods in my Thermomix’s Varoma steamer has been a tremendous help as it requires no fat, retains colour, and keeps flavours fresh and vivid.

Madame Thermomix’s Lamb Roly-Poly
Similar to my Fast and Easy Chicken Supper, this Lamb Roly-Poly fits my current dietary requirements perfectly: no added fat; good flavours; use of ingredients at hand; and fun to make and eat! Serves 2.

Ingredients
For the stuffing:
1 clove garlic, peeled in the Thermomix
1 shallot or 1 small onion, peeled and quartered
1 small chilli, seeds removed
2 slices melba toast or 1 slice bread, quartered
large handful spinach, washed and patted dry
pinch sea salt
dash of paprika
several turns of freshly ground pepper

2 lamb neck fillet sections, about 6 inches long
150 g spinach (or rest of packet) to serve
1,000 g (1.0 L) water

Method

1. Peel the garlic clove Reverse Blade Direction/4 seconds/Speed 4 ½. Remove skins and discard.
2. Add remaining stuffing ingredients, lock the lid and Turbo pulse briefly a few times to evenly chop.
3. Prepare the neck fillet sections by slitting each one down one side and spreading flat on a long piece of cling film/plastic wrap that is about 6 inches longer than your finished roll. Season with salt and pepper. Spread half the stuffing mixture along the long side of each fillet and, using the cling film as an aid, roll into a tight sausage shape.

4. 

   Grab the ends and push the roll away from you on the work surface several times. This will tighten up the roll into a nice sausage shape. Tie off the ends.

5. Place your roll(s) on the Varoma tray and add 1000 g of water to the Thermomix bowl. Steam on Varoma setting/30 minutes/Speed 2 or until the internal temperature reaches 75° C. About 4 minutes before the end of your cooking time, add your remaining spinach to the Varoma dish and continue steaming.

6. 

   Carefully remove the Varoma lid and place it under the Varoma itself to catch the drips and protect your work top – and yourself! Remove the lamb roly-polys (don’t unwrap them yet!) and set them on a cutting board to rest for at least 5 minutes while you prepare a sauce in your Thermomix if you wish.

7. Carefully unwrap each roll, collecting the cooking juices in the Thermomix bowl to make a sauce if you wish. Reduce the juices in your Thermomix on Varoma setting with the Measuring Cup off, then stir in yoghurt, cream or butter as desired. Slice your rolls on the bias and arrange on a warmed plate with the steamed spinach and any other garnish and sauce you desire.

Bon appétit !

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