As uber-mother incarnate I made fresh stock yesterday with bones from our butcher..

[Twiglett]

ok, I know .. no biggie .. well it was a first for me

so now I have some lovely lamb stock and absolutely no idea what to do with it

heyulp please

What about an Irish stew?

sorry, no ideas as yet, just too darned impressed with your earth mother status

yes me too cadders

Braised lamb shanks with apricots and butterbeans.

I have left over turkey stuffed with pheasant and duck in the fridge too

bow down to me you lesser mortals snurk ..

lamb and veg soup...

or freeze it, forget about it and chuck it away this time next yr

bleurgh .. fruit is a dessert or a snack .. it is not an ingredient for a main course

on that I am totally right

mmmm
I think in fact you have butcher stock as per your thread title

yum

we're not worthy, we're not worthy!

PMSL frenchgirl

(I am guessing it was lamb bones actually .. could have been beef?)

I must disagree with you oh uber mother twig!
I do a fantastic pork joint stuffed with peaches or apricots.

beef bones would ahve been substantially larger than lamb ones Twig - -that should have given you a clue

yeah Cadeaux
I made fab beef stew with cinnamon and bay leaf and prunes for Xmas eve

honestly Twig, you know nought

Sorry Twig, diddn't realise we were dealing with such an unsophisticated palate. In that case the only possible thing to do is a lamb hotpot, or of course an Irish stew (but that may be a bit cosmopolitain for you )

shepherd's pie?
I made a delicious one last night [annoyingly smug emoticon]

Actually the truth of the matter is that lamb stock has limited uses in the kitchen as it often retains a quite muttony flavour. In most cases it is preferable to use chicken or beef stock. You would be better off making a lamb based dish with it.

I was once served sirloin steak in a posh restaurant and they put sliced strawberry on top as a garnish .. wtf?

Oh I could understand that if there was Balsamic vinegar involved.

I assume that you are not a fan of Heston Blumental then Twig?

OMG I am shocked and stunned and stunned and shocked that you do not share my hatred of strawberry on steak

has the world gone mad?

Actually I agree with you about the strawberry on a steak thing. Fruit only enhances savoury dishes when the flavours compliment each other. It should not be used as an innappropriate garnish, that is just silly. I would put money on it that you would not experience such a travesty at a Heson Blumenthal restaurant.

I thought Heston likes to mix unusal flavours together hence snail porridge

sounds delish!!!

He does mix unusual ingredients but the porridge dish is pretty much exactly like a risotto made with oats. He plays with unusual concepts of taste, texture and flavour and from what I gather eating in his restaurant is about having a gastronomic experience which imho is a world away from some grill chef lazily placing a strawberry on a steak.

actually sleighmere, I wasn't specifically thinking of the strawberry on steak, more responding to Twig' lack of adventure when she said:

"bleurgh .. fruit is a dessert or a snack .. it is not an ingredient for a main course

on that I am totally right"