Lamb doenjang, wild garlic and haggis

  • medium
  • 4–5
  • 3 hours plus 3 days for the jangajji pickle
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This lamb dish from Woongchul Park brings together Scottish and Korean flavours, serving chargrilled saddle of lamb with a doenjang glaze, haggis rice with wild garlic jangajji. Each component is delicious in its own right, so feel free to just make a few of the accompaniments on their own instead of the whole dish.

First published in 2023

Ingredients

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Fermented plum tomatoes

  • 200g of plum tomatoes, roughly chopped
  • 6g of salt, or 3% of the weight of the tomatoes
  • 2g of makgeolli lees

Garlic caper jangajji

Wild garlic purée

Chilli oil

Ewe's yoghurt

Caramelised sofrito

Lamb glaze

  • 60g of doenjang
  • 40g of Korean corn syrup, or golden syrup
  • 30g of fish sauce
  • 12g of garlic cloves, sliced
  • 20g of water
  • 20g of sugar

Lamb jus

Haggis sauce

  • 20g of butter
  • 100g of onion, diced
  • 20g of doenjang
  • 100g of water
  • 150g of chicken stock
  • 130g of haggis
  • 10g of fish sauce
  • 1g of gochugaru
  • 50g of crème fraîche

Saddle of lamb

Haggis rice

Garnish

  • cime di rapa
  • sesame oil
  • salt
  • garlic flowers

Equipment

  • Charcoal grill
  • Blender

Method

1

For the fermented plum tomatoes, mix all the ingredients together and store in a lidded container at room temperature for 3 days, or until fermented to your liking. In a cool room it could take longer, and in a warm room they might be done quicker

  • 200g of plum tomatoes, roughly chopped
  • 2g of makgeolli lees
  • 6g of salt, or 3% of the weight of the tomatoes
2

Add the water, soy sauce, sugar and brown rice vinegar to a large pot and bring to a simmer

  • 1l water
  • 500ml of light soy sauce, ideally Korean
  • 400g of sugar
  • 375g of brown rice vinegar
3

Add the wild garlic buds and garlic to a sterilised heat proof jar and then pour the soy sauce mixture into the jar. Top the wild garlic buds with a pickle weight to keep them submerged beneath the brine, and set aside to cool down

4

Place a lid on the jar and let pickle at room temperature for 3 days before transferring to the fridge. They should keep for 6 months

5

For the wild garlic purée, prepare two large pots of boiling water. Blanch the wild garlic in one for about 5 seconds, then quickly transfer to the ice water

6

In the other pot of water, quickly blanch the sliced garlic several times to remove most of its pungency

7

Bring the blanched wild and sliced garlic, milk and cream to a simmer. Season with salt to taste and cook until the garlic is tender

  • 100g of milk
  • 100g of cream
8

Transfer to a blender and blitz until smooth. Add salt to taste, then blend again

9

Pass the purée through a sieve and cool down over a large bowl of iced water or ice to maintain the green colour

10

For the chilli oil, add the garlic, green chillies and sunflower oil to a pan. Cook on a medium heat until the garlic is crisp and the oil is fragrant. Take off the heat

11

Add the gochugaru, stir, and then let infuse for 10–15 minutes before straining

12

Blend the sheep’s yoghurt and Riseley cheese together, and season with salt to taste

13

Heat up the oil for the sofrito in a large pan. Add the remaining sofrito ingredients and cook over a medium-low heat until golden, about 20 minutes.

14

Simmer the jus over a low heat with anise seeds to taste until the anise flavour has infused throughout the jus, about 30–40 minutes. Once infused, strain and set aside for serving

15

For the lamb glaze, simply add all the ingredients to a blender with the sofrito and 160g fermented plum tomatoes and blitz until smooth. Transfer to a bowl until ready to cook the lamb

  • 60g of doenjang
  • 40g of Korean corn syrup, or golden syrup
  • 30g of fish sauce
  • 12g of garlic cloves, sliced
  • 20g of water
  • 20g of sugar
16

For the haggis sauce, sweat the onions in butter over a low heat for 10–15 minutes until softened. Add the doenjang and increase the temperature slightly. Cook for a couple more minutes, then add all the remaining ingredients apart from the crème fraîche

17

Bring to a boil, skimming off any scum or bubbles that rise to the surface. Reduce the heat to a simmer, and then cook until the haggis and onions are tender

18

Transfer the sauce to a blender, and add the crème fraîche. Blend until smooth, then pass through a fine mesh sieve. Set aside

  • 50g of crème fraîche
19

Next, prepare a charcoal grill for cooking the saddle of lamb

20

Brown the saddle of lamb in a pan, caramelising the fat all the way around. Once the fat is almost browned to your liking, transfer the lamb to a charcoal grill

21

Cook the lamb on the grill, brushing with glaze and turning as you go, until it is cooked to your liking. Fan the fire of the charcoal grill as needed. Set aside to rest

22

While the lamb rests, make the rice. Add the rice and water to a pot or rice cooker with some salt to taste. Once cooked, add the haggis and mix well

23

To serve, place a circle of wild garlic puree in the centre of each plate, and pour some of the yoghurt mixture into each circle

24

Carve the lamb and place slices of lamb next to the wild garlic purée. Brush the lamb pieces with the chilli oil and season with salt. Add 3–5 pieces of garlic caper on top of the meat

25

Charcoal grill the cime di rapa and dress with some sesame oil and salt, then pour the lamb jus on the side

  • cime di rapa
  • sesame oil
  • salt
26

Garnish with garlic flowers

  • garlic flowers

Woongchul Park blends influences from his Korean upbringing with his refined European training at his one Michelin star restaurant Sollip.

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