what side dishes go best with lamb?

Answer 1

Growing up in a Greek family, we had lamb on the dinner table on a regular basis. The best things I can tell you that compliment a lamb dinner are roasted potatoes and a fresh salad.

Roasted Potatoes - Pre-heat over to 400 degrees. Wash, peel and slice Yukon Gold potatoes into halves or quarters (depending on the size). Place them in a roasting pan. Add enough hot water to submerge the potatoes 1/2 way. Drizzle generously with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast potatoes 30-45 minutes or until knife slides into the center of potatoes without resistance and tops are starting to brown. Serve hot.

Salad - Wash and chop iceberg lettuce. Add slided tomatoes, cucumbers, spring onions and crumbled feta cheese. Drizzle with olive oil and a splash of red-wine vinegar, toss and serve.

Answer 2

Dwarf kidney bean with garlic, cooked in a little of butter.

TOMATOES PROVENCALES (fast & easy) :
Cut the tomatoes in half.
Put a touch of oilve oil, salt, pepper crushed garlic,
shredded parsley and bread crumb (the thin kind) on top of each pieces of tomates.
Put in the oven at 400° but careful that the tomatoes remain firm and don't overcooked.

GREEN BEANS & CREAM :
Beans
Butter
Double cream or crème frèche
Salt & pepper

Boil or steam the beans in salted water
In another pot, put a big piece of butter and let it melt on low heat (at no point of the proces the sauce must boil).
When melted, add a pot of cream, salt & pepper.
Let your guests pour the sauce on the beans themselves.

And if you bake the lamb in the oven, put some butter and garlic in the dish, add some little water later on, and 15 minutes before the lamb is done (must be served pink) add very small potatoes. Pour some of the juice regularly on te lamb and potatoes so they don't dry

Anyway, vegetables and garlic is a good start

Bon appétit,

Mouchie

Answer 3

Anything you like, of course, is the easy answer.

Lamb has a rather distinct flavor of it's own, so it's best to keep the side dishes simple. Whole, new potatoes (roasted) would be perfect, especially if you flavor the potatoes with rosemary. That would complement the potatoes AND the lamb.

Answer 4

I like my lamb butterflied and soaked in apple juice for a day before grilling it to a medium rare, covered in onions... a much SWEETER lamb that way.

My favorite side dish with that lamb is "Tabouli".. a cold wheat salad mix... Bulgar Wheat, lemon juice, olive oil, mint, and diced tomatos. It's a light dish and perfect on a spring or summer evening.

Answer 5

Hi!
Mashed potatoes with roasted garlic and rosemary ... which echoes flavoring you can use for the lamb (the latter will also take a good basting of fresh lemon juice)
.....and ..... some plain limas or edamame ...

I guess that is ok!

Peace & Love

Answer 6

Roast Parsnips and Potatoes and Kumara or Butternut, alongside the lamb.
Serve with minted gravy made from the meat juices.

Answer 7

I say some sort of cooked veggie does. I don't know for sure though I've only had lamb once.

Answer 8

Asparagus tips and roastette(little golf ball size red skin) potatoes.

Answer 9

Mint jelly and roast potatoes.

Answer 10

snap beans or french cut beans