Commissioned Recipe for Simply Beef & Lamb
Lamb Burning Love is a great way to use up your leftover roast lamb. So simple yet so delicious, this dish from my childhood is sure to be a hit with your family too!
Today I’m sharing one of my mum’s delicious dishes, Lamb Burning Love.
Throughout my childhood it was just called Burning Love (Brændende Kærlighed) but after a little research today I discovered that this traditional Danish peasant dish is usually made with bacon not lamb.
There is also another popular Danish peasant dish called “Bikesmad” which is similar to hash made with leftover roasted meat and potato.
So it appears that when mum came to England she did a bit of fusion cooking between these 2 dishes and came up with this anglicised version of Burning Love using lamb!
I’ve been working with Simply Beef and Lamb as part of their #LivePeasant campaign to encourage home cooks to adopt a more rustic approach to cooking and enjoy the current trend for peasant food.
This Lamb Burning Love couldn’t be simpler. I think the best way to roast lamb is in a slow cooker and it’s no coincidence that my 2 Ingredient Slow Cooker Roast Lamb is one of my top recipes. There’s no fuss, no mess and within a few hours you have the most delicious succulent lamb.
After making Lamb, Vegetable and Lentil Soup with Cabbage (fab recipe) the other day I just popped the rest of the lamb shoulder into the slow cooker in order to make this dish the following day. I’ve usually just used traditionally roasted leftover lamb but the slow cooked lamb took the Lamb Burning Love to new heights of deliciousness!
So you’re all wondering what exactly is Lamb Burning Love, well it’s simply fried onions and leftover roast lamb served on a bed of mashed potato.
Apparently the name Burning Love stems from the fact that it had to be served piping hot and the original dish dates back some 200 years.
We enjoy it with lashings of ketchup but you might like to be more traditional and serve it with mint sauce which would also go!
We hadn’t had this dish in far too long but it’s definitely going back on the meal rota as its a winner on both taste and speed! The family’s plates seemed to be cleaned in minutes! If you’re having roast lamb this Easter then this is the perfect dish to use up those leftovers!
For more information about the #LivePeasant campaign do check out Simply Beef and Lamb on Facebook plus you’ll find fellow blogger’s #LivePeasant recipes in my post for One Pot Minced Beef Hotpot.
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NB: This is a commissioned post for Simply Beef & Lamb.
Lamb Burning Love
Ingredients
- 1 Kg Potatoes peeled and quartered (even sized pieces)
- 30 g Butter
- Generous splash of milk
- 2 tablespoon Rapeseed oil
- 270 g Leftover roast/slowcooked lamb leg or shoulder chopped (approx or whatever you have)
- 4 Medium onions sliced
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Cook the potatoes in boiling water until cooked (about 18 minutes).
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat and fry the onions until starting to go golden.
- Add the lamb, combine with the onions and fry for another 5 minutes or until heated through.
- Mash the potatoes and beat in the butter, milk, salt and pepper.
- Place the mash in a serving dish and top with the fried onions and lamb.
- Serve at the table.
Alan
Ive got half a leg of lamb left and been browsing the web for ideas of what to do with it when I came across your recipe. It sounds absolutely lovely and I’m going to try it, and I wanted to say thank you! I haven’t tried anything quite like this before – what a brilliant idea, nice and simple, and sounds really tasty!
Big thanks to you!!!
Camilla
Thanks Alan, I’m sure you’ll love it:-)
Jenny
I made this last night and it was a great success! When I was deciding if I would make it I thought it might be a bit plain, but it was delicious! And so simple! I served it with a side dish of vegetables mixed with crispy bacon which went very well with it. I will definitely make it again! Thank you for giving us the recipe.
Camilla
So very glad you like it Jenny. Good simple food can taste really good as you found:-)
Liz mc
Best ever don’t forget the eves pie
Camilla
Thanks Liz, do you mean Eve’s Pudding?
Jan Smith
Thinking of adding mushrooms ( that’s if you like them ) some chopped garlic & a squeeze of tomato puree, but then it wouldn’t be Burning Love would it!!!
Camilla
No, it wouldn’t but if you enjoy it, it doesn’t really matter does it:-)
Sid
What an interesting take on a traditional meal. It sounds like your mom combined two traditional meals into one. I make both, the way my mom made them, but I might just try the lamb trick the next time I make some Lamb.
Camilla
Thanks, yes it’s definitely mash up of 2 different traditional Danish dishes:-) I’m sure you’ll love it:-)
Charlie
Would also be great with gravy!
I don’t do ketchup.
Camilla
Yes, gravy would be good too:-)
Lindy
Hi Camilla,
Thank you so much for slow cooker lamb absolutely delicious. Will now try tomorrow the above recipe which sounds
wonderful too.
Camilla
Thank you so much Lindy, glad you like it, it’s so easy isn’t it. I’m sure you’ll love Lamb Burning Love too:-)
M. Smullen
I love the sound of this although we never ever have leftover lamb …..
Camilla
Worth buying a bigger piece for, believe me:-)
Leila Benhamida
Looks so good and delicious.
Camilla
Thanks Leila-)
Amy Fidler
This looks like my kind of comfort food x
Helen Moulden
This looks so good! Great Sunday recipe :). We’ll be trying this one out.
Camilla
Great Helen, it’s so good:-)
Richard Eldred Hawes
I really like finding old traditional recipes and cooking them, they are often very tasty and filling
Camilla
Yes, they have to be good to stand the test of time:-)
A S,Edinburgh
This looks lovely; traditional, tasty comfort food.
Camilla
It really is fab:-)
Diane Carey
I’ve bookmarked this recipe. Lamb is my favourite meat, although I don’t have it very often and there are never any leftovers. But will be making it in the very near future. Looks yummy
Camilla
Thanks Diane, it’s worth doing any extra big joint just to make this:-)
Maya Russell
That looks SO delicious and perfect to use up left over lamb.
Camilla
Thanks Maya, it really is delicious:-)
Rich Tyler
This looks right up my street, yummy! 🙂
Camilla
Thanks Rich, hope you try it:-)
Pebble Soup
looks like the perfect #inheritancerecipe & has all the right ingredients including love
Camilla
Thanks Solange:-)
Patty Haxton Anderson
Sounds so delicious!
Camilla
Thanks Patty-)
peter @feedyoursoultoo
This is total comfort food. i love looking up the history. How interesting that “you made it wrong all these years”. This is a good wrong!
Camilla
I had a long chat on the phone with mum and I think she just gave the dish this name as it was an easy way to refer to it, as she said, little did she know I’d be putting on my blog some decades later LOL:-)
Debra @ Bowl Me Over
Looks delicious! I love a great comfort meal and am such a fan of remaking leftovers.
Camilla
Thanks Debra, yes leftovers make the best meals:-)
Zena's Suitcase
This sounds like great comfort food to me. I don’t do enough with lamb but I can see this becoming a favourite very quickly
Camilla
Thansk Zena, yes I think this dish should be in everyone’s repertoire-)
Sally - Mycustardpie
Seriously! I have a burning desire to cook something with such a poetic and evocative name! Plus it sounds just my kind of comfort food. Interesting to hear about your Danish roots – a cuisine I know very little about
Camilla
LOL chanks Sally, it really is pure comfort food:-)
Gingey Bites
Yummy, I love leftovers! I could eat a scoop of this right now! 🙂
Camilla
Thanks Alex, it is rather fab:-)
Claire Jessiman
This sounds fab Camilla. We’re having Turkey tomorrow so there won’t be any leftover Easter lamb but next time there is I know exactly what I’ll be making!
Camilla
Snap Claire, we’re having turkkey too. Been in the freezer since after Christmas as a very cheap one came my way so now seemed like a good opportunity to use is up:-)
Mina Joshi
I am vegetarian but could follow your recipe using Quorn. I like the idea of serving it with mashed potatoes.
Camilla
Thanks Mina, yes Quorn pieces would work well:-)
Kara Guppy
This looks delicious – we had roast lamb last week and had no idea what to do with the left overs – I could have made this
Camilla
Thanks Kara, yes lamb doesn’t really go well in sandwiches like other leftover roasts so this dish is ideal!
Linsy
you create something new and exciting from leftovers its always a challenge and love your dish and nice presentation too.
Camilla
Thank you so much Linsy:-)
Tori Gabriel
I’ve never heard of this but it sounds delicious. I woild definitely serve it with mint sauce rather than ketchup though.
Camilla
Thanks Tori, I’m sticking with the ketchup:-)
Jan Bennett
Camilla you are making me hungry – this looks truly delicious and easy too!
Camilla
Thanks Jan, it really is a great quick and delicious dish:-)
Jenni - Odd Socks and Lollipops
Oh I do love Burning Love, my husband is Danish so it’s a very popular dish in our house! I love the idea of doing it with lamb – I am going to have to try this Thanks for sharing!
Camilla
Excellent Jenni – I’m so glad I did my research on this as all these years I never knew it wasn’t made with lamb, but then there aren’t many lambs in Denmark so makes sense that it was made with bacon!
Margot
This sounds like a perfect comfort food, family recipes are the best!
It would also be perfect for the Inheritance Recipes link-up (closing tomorrow).
Camilla
Thanks Margot, not sure I’m going to have time but will see what I can do re Inheritance Recipes!
Kerry Norris
I love leftover recipe ideas as I hate waste. I’m pretty sure my daughter would like this so I’ll have to have a go at making it. X
Camilla
Thanks Kerry, hope you give it a go:-)
Ness
I love leftover dishes. I’ve never cooked a whole joint of lamb in the slow cooker before. I’ll have to give it a try.
Camilla
Thanks Ness, so easy to cook joints in the slow cooker:-)
Boastful Food
I can smell the simmering lamb from across the waters. Wonderful recipe, Camilla! The mashers are a bonus!
Camilla
Thanks, it is a great recipe:-)
Emma
This sounds awesome Camilla. I love that’s it’s a bit of a fusion between two different dishes 🙂 your blog is a real melting pot of cultures!
Camilla
Thanks Emma and I never knew it was a fusion until today LOL:-)
Dom
now that is one stunning dish! I adore how rich the lamb looks. My step-mum is Danish. I must ask her about this! Happy Easter x
Camilla
Thank you so much Dom:-) Wow I never knew you had a Danish connection! Happy Easte to you too lovely:-) xx
Elizabeth
This sounds like my ideal dish! Love, love, love the sound of it! Yum!
Camilla
Thanks Elizabeth, it is truly yummy:-)
Mica @ Let's Taco Bout It Blog
Yum! I love that the meat is a topping for the Mashed Potatoes!
Camilla
Thanks Mica:-)
Ilona @ Ilona's Passion
Yummy! Very delicious:) It’s even greatt for Easter.
Camilla
Exactly, great for all that leftover Easter lamb:-)
Sherri @ Watch Learn Eat
I’ve never heard of this before but it looks amazing! I loved reading your story behind this dish! Great recipe! 🙂
Camilla
Thank you Sherri:-)
Bella B (xoxoBella)
Firstly, I love that towel with the heart!!! I really need that. 🙂 My dad would like this recipe, he is a big lamb fan.
Camilla
Thanks Bella I got it from Wayfair last year and it’s made by Sabichi:-) I’m sure your dad would love this then:-)
Kavey
This sounds so so good Camilla, a simple but delicious way with leftovers!
Camilla
Thanks Kavey, I do love simple tasty food:-)
Heather Haigh
It looks really tasty and just right for a chilly spring dinner
Camilla
Thanks Heather, it really is good:-)