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.
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:-)