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Garland of Spring Vegetables

A pretty ring of seasonal veggies to surround the leg of lamb.

Ingredients

Makes 8 servings

12 ounces carrots, peeled, cut on slight diagonal into 1/4 -inch-thick slices
12 ounces turnips, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
2 cups shelled fresh peas (from about 2 pounds in pods) or 2 cups frozen peas (10 ounces), thawed
8 ounces sugar snap peas, strings removed
1/4 cup reserved herb butter (fromRoast Leg of Lamb with Tarragon-Mint Butter)
2 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon
2 teaspoons chopped fresh mint
Fleur de sel*
  1. Step 1

    Cook carrots and turnips in pot of boiling salted water 2 minutes. Add fresh shelled peas, if using, and sugar snap peas; cook until all vegetables are just tender, 1 to 2 minutes longer.

    Step 2

    Drain vegetables; return to same pot. Add thawed frozen peas, if using. DO AHEAD:Can be made 2 hours ahead.Let stand at room temperature.

    Step 3

    Add herb butter, tarragon, and mint to vegetables. Toss over low heat to melt butter and heat through. Season to taste with fleur de sel and pepper. Spoon around lamb or mound in bowl.

  2. Step 4

    • A type of sea salt; available at some supermarkets and at specialty foods stores.
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  • I thought this was lovely -- the herbs really were nice with the vegetables, and they were so pretty arranged on the plate with the lamb.

    • AEPriester

    • Kempton, PA

    • 3/30/2014

  • This was delicious! I added asparagus and a little more butter than it called for. Also, i added a bit of squeezed orange juice right at the end and it totally made it! I will definitely make this again (especially with the lamb)!

    • heidisoeters

    • chapel hill, nc

    • 4/4/2010

  • This went great with the menu. I needed more butter then 1/4 cup that was reserved.

    • caponironi

    • tempe, az

    • 8/13/2009

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