Gammon steak with broad beans & lovage

Gammon steak with broad beans & lovage

Chef Matt Tebbutt uses a favourite summer herb for his twist on a classic

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Method

  1. Blanch the broad beans in boiling salted water for 1 minute. drain, drop into iced water, then drain again and set aside.
  2. Warm a little of the butter in a large frying pan with a splash of olive oil. When the butter is foaming, add the gammon steaks and cook for about 3 minutes or so on each side depending on the thickness. Season with pepper, but go easy on the salt - gammon is already salty. remove from the pan and set aside somewhere warm to rest.
  3. Put the rest of the butter in a saucepan and add the shallots. After 2 mins add the garlic clove, bay leaf and thyme. Cook for a further minute, then throw in the broad beans and white wine. Reduce till almost gone, then add the hot chicken stock. Simmer for 2 mins until the beans are tender. Finally, just before serving, stir in the lovage and parsley. Check the seasoning and serve with the gammon steaks.
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Lovage

Lovage is a leafy herb with a subtle celery and lemon flavour. Find it in good greengrocers and markets, in June - it's also easy to grow at home. If you can't find it, just add another tbsp chopped parsley with a squeeze of lemon.

PER SERVING

523 kcalories, protein 31,7g, carbohydrate 9,3g, fat 39,1 g, saturated fat 18,1g, fibre 6,4g, salt 5,06 g

Recipe from olive magazine, June 2010.

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  • 10 June 2011

    Vivienne commented on this recipe

    Have made this several times. It's extremely tasty.

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  • 12 June 2011

    Darren rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is very easy and very tasty. I didn't have lovage, so added extra parsley and lemon. I also added cabbage when I added the stock. It worked really well :-)

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  • 15 August 2011

    Abisnail rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very yummy. Didn't have lovage so used extra parsley and didn't quite have enough beans so added some peas. Got thumbs up from sceptical husband.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

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PER SERVING

523 kcalories, protein 31,7g, carbohydrate 9,3g, fat 39,1 g, saturated fat 18,1g, fibre 6,4g, salt 5,06 g

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