Cornwall-based chef and restaurateur, Emily Scott has collaborated with Rodda’s, whose iconic Cornish clotted cream has graced tables for over 130 years, to create a set of exclusive springtime recipes using fresh seasonal ingredients.
Ingredients – LAMB:
Serves 6-8
1 whole garlic bulb
100g thyme leaves
2 tbsp paprika
4 tbsp olive oil
50g Rodda’s Cornish butter
2.25kg whole shoulder of lamb,
1 lemon skin on, halved
250ml water
Cornish sea salt, freshly ground pepper
Broccoli spears and minted peas to serve
Ingredients – dauphinois:
Serves 8
1.2kg waxy potatoes, peeled (Desirée potatoes work well)
100g wild garlic, stalks removed (raw baby spinach is a perfect alternative)
300g Rodda’s Cornish clotted cream
150ml crème fraiche or Rodda’s double cream
900ml Rodda’s Cornish whole milk
2 bay leaves
1 whole nutmeg
1 clove garlic, cut lengthways
50g Rodda’s Cornish butter
Cornish sea salt, freshly ground black pepper
Method - For the Lamb
Preheat the oven to 160 °C (140 ° fan/320 °F)
Peel half the garlic cloves, lightly crush them in a pestle and mortar with some sea salt. Mix in the thyme leaves and paprika. Gradually add the olive oil until you have a thick paste. Melt the butter in a small pan and add it to the paste.
Put the lamb in a deep-sided roasting tin and rub it with the spice paste, then season with sea salt and black pepper.
Add whole sprigs of thyme, the remaining garlic cloves still in their skins and place the lemon halves beside the lamb.
Cook uncovered in the oven for 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and pour in the water and use a ladle to baste the lamb with the cooking juices. Cover the lamb with foil and return to the oven for three hours, basting the meat every 30 minutes. For the last 15 mins remove the foil and if the juices are evaporating quickly, add a little more water. Remove from the oven, cover in foil and allow to rest for at least 15 minutes before carving.
Method – For the Dauphinois
Preheat the oven to 160 °C (140 °C fan/320 °F)
Butter the sides and bottom of an oven to tableware dish. Wash the wild garlic leaves and set aside, if flowering, reserve the flowers for decoration. Place the Rodda’s clotted cream and crème fraiche in a bowl and stir together until combined, add a pinch of sea salt, black pepper and a grating of nutmeg.
Peel the potatoes and cut into 21⁄2 cm slices. Place in a heavy bottom pan, cover with milk, add a good pinch of sea salt, and grating of nutmeg, two bay leaves and one garlic clove peeled and cut lengthways. Bring the milk to the boil and cook the sliced potatoes for 10 minutes. Discard the milk, garlic and bay leaves and carefully layer the potatoes in the dish alternately with the wild garlic, making sure the top and bottom layer is covered by potato. Season each layer with sea salt and pepper.
Now pour the Rodda’s clotted cream mixture over the potatoes making sure the top layer is just covered. Finish the top off with some grated nutmeg. Bake in the middle of the oven for one hour at 160°C (140 °C fan/320°F) or until golden brown and a table knife passes through with ease. Allow to rest before serving.