Lamb with estragon and spinach sauce
Preparation time: 10min
Cooking time: 30min
Serves 4 persons

Ingredients:
4 lamb steaks
salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsp oil
2 tbsp ashberry jam
1 finely chopped garlic clove
1 tbsp flour
150ml soured cream
2 tbsp chopped taragon
50g chopped spinach
150ml vegetable stock
pinch of ground nutmeg

Ribs with spicy sauce
Preparation time: 10min+marinating
Cooking time: 45-60min
Serves 4 persons

Ingredients:
1kg pork ribs
4 tbsp oil
2 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp honey
1 tsp mustard
1 tbsp tomato puree
2 tbsp orange marmalade
1 finely chopped garlic clove
salt and pepper to taste

Roasted lamb
Preparation time: 30 min
Cooking time: 3 hours 15 min
Serves 6 persons

Ingredients:
450g French beans
25g butter
1 chopped onion
1 tbsp tomato puree
1 leg of lamb (2.3kg)
20 small rosemary twigs
3 thinly sliced garlic cloves
1 glass semidry red wine
450g string beans (heads and tails removed)

Chinese style ribs
Preparation time: 20min+marinating
Cooking time: 17-23min
Serves 4-6 persons

Ingredients:
700g pork ribs
1tbsp sugar
½ tsp salt
½ tsp ground Sichuan pepper
2 tsp starch
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp rice wine or cognac
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp sesame oil
2 crushed garlic cloves
3 chopped spring onion leaves
2 tbsp yellow French beans paste
300ml hot chicken stock
1 green bell pepper

Ragout in white sauce
Preparation time: 20min
Cooking time: 1 hour 10 min
5-6 persons

Ingredients:
900g lamb
1 lemon slice
1 garni bouquet
Salt and pepper to taste
2 carrots slices in long wide strips
2 onion sliced in rings
1 tsp starch
1 egg yolk
150g double cream
8 triangular toasts (made of 2 crustless bread slices) and chopped parsley for decoration

Baked pork with spices
Preparation time: 10-15min
Cooking time: 2 hours
For 6 persons

Ingredients:
50g flour
1tsp curry
Salt and black pepper to taste
900g sliced pork
50g butter
1 chopped onion
2 chopped leeks
100g chopped mushrooms
400g tinned tomatoes
150g stock
1 tbsp oregano

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