Lamb

Surprise with the unique flavour of lamb

Lamb deserves a permanent place on every restaurant menu. Because the lambs grow up in freedom and peace, the meat is of exceptional, consistent quality. Lamb is lean, has a lovely flavour of its own and is ideal for grilling, roasting or braising, and delicious with fresh herbs such as thyme, marjoram and oregano. It is also rich in valuable nutrients and has a fine texture. Our unique lamb concepts from the Netherlands and New Zealand are only available at HANOS, so you can offer your guests a distinctive story and a unique taste experience. Whether it is lamb tenderloin, leg, fillet, thick flank, shank, saddle, shoulder, loins or frenched racks, you will find every cut of lamb with us.

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Lams Frenched Racks Met Vetkapje Uk

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Lamb Hind Shank Uk

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Lamsgehakt Ongekr. Dv 1Kg

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Lamb Neck Fillet Uk

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Lamb Spare Rib Dutch

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Lamb Shank Roast Seasoned Rec.1

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Lamb Skewers Natural 3Pcs.

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Lamb Brisket Uk

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Lamsmerguez Sausage Ds40X50Gr

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Lamb Sweetbread From New Zealand

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Lamb Shawarma Dutch

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Bonemasters Europe

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Lamb glace

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Lamb recipes

Get inspired by the finest lamb recipes.

Lamb hammer

Lamb shanks are often sawn into slices for classic osso buco. Our butchers, however, leave the hind shank whole, creating the well-known ‘hammer’ shape. A butter-tender dish with meat that literally falls off the bone!

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Lamb brisket

Interesting! You can get this brisket for less than 15 euros per kilo, making it the perfect margin booster. The brisket comes from the (lower) breast of the lamb. Our butchers have rolled and tied it for you, ready to cook!

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FoodXperience chefs: lamb

For spring, we invited four chefs from different regions to cook with lamb together with one of our culinary advisers. In four duos, they each worked with a different part of the lamb. This session highlighted the versatility of this fantastic spring product. Get inspired for lamb dishes!

More lamb recipes

Want to get started with lamb yourself? On our online inspiration platform FoodXperience you will find a large number of lamb recipes. Click the banner below to view the recipes.

Dutch grass-fed lamb

Introduce your guests to lamb from Dutch soil

Dutch grass-fed lambs graze in the Betuwe and other nature areas with fertile soil. Here the lambs enjoy fresh grass and herbs, which gives the lamb its recognisable flavour. Only animals with the right fat-to-meat ratio are selected. The farmers who keep the lambs are outdoor people by nature and go for quality. The lamb grows up outdoors with its mother and has plenty of time to develop.

Hollands Graslam is part of the IK KOOK BEWUST selection. All Hollands Graslam lambs come from the Netherlands, including the land in the Bommelerwaard.

“Animal welfare is reflected in the flavour of the lamb.”

Klaas van Veen’s passion for Hollands Graslam
We spoke with Klaas van Veen, the man behind our ‘Hollands Graslam’ (Dutch grass-fed lamb) concept. Klaas’s passion for the trade began in childhood; his great-grandfather was a sheep trader. Today Klaas knows how to find the finest pastures in the Netherlands where sheep have their lambs. He lets the lambs grow up outdoors with their mothers as much as possible. There they feed on rich biodiversity and – once the grass season is over – a mix of peas, brewer’s grains and winter wheat with added minerals. That is how Klaas ensures consistent lamb quality all year round, and a ‘four-seasons lamb’.

The Dutch ‘lamb season’ Many people know lamb as a seasonal product only available in spring. That is actually rather a strange period, because age largely determines the characteristic flavour of lamb. “Lamb is at its best when the lambs are around 100 to 200 days old and weigh about 35 kilos. At Easter there is both a Jewish and a Christian tradition in which the Easter lamb has symbolic meaning and is slaughtered lighter. Outside the lamb season, a lot was and still is imported. That is actually a shame, because of the larger footprint created by bringing it from far away. Thanks to different birth periods on the farms of the participating grass-fed lamb farmers, Hollands Graslam is available all year round.”

Care for nature and the environment Klaas uses ‘salad buffets’ on his land: a natural mix of different grasses, herbs and clovers. “This buffet ensures good drought resistance, improves the soil and increases its organic matter content, so the lambs can graze healthily. The soil and diet contribute to strong natural resistance, keeping the lambs healthy.” Klaas also has great plans for sustainability in the future. He is running a pilot that draws value from nature in several ways. “More and more solar parks are appearing in the Netherlands. We are developing a pilot with upright solar panels that turn with the sun. The land keeps its original (agricultural) value, the lambs can graze and shelter from the wind or sun when they want, and we contribute to a natural energy supply.”

Sfeerbeeld Lamsvlees Hollands graslam Texelaar

Texel sheep Most sheep kept in the Netherlands are of the Texel breed. “The name says it all: the breed originated on Texel in the early nineteenth century. A popular breed because the Texel has a unique bone-to-meat ratio and is well muscled. Hollands Graslam comes from Texel sheep or Texel crosses, raised under our own management on the land in the Bommelerwaard or on the selected farms of the participating grass-fed lamb farmers.”

Animals and welfare “A sheep has four stomachs. If you give the animal what it likes – diversity in its diet – you keep it healthier. That translates into a distinctive flavour, a distinctive character and healthier lambs.” Besides the lambs raised in the pastures, Klaas works with grass-fed lamb farmers who keep Texel sheep or crosses and raise the lambs with passion, care and craftsmanship. The sheep farmers each have their own supervisor who monitors animal welfare and quality standards.

The supervisor visits, checks and audits the grass-fed lamb farmers. The farmers also meet several times a year in Klaas’s sheepfold to share experiences. According to Klaas, of all meats, lamb has had the best life: “Beter Leven XXL with four stars! Lambs grow up with their mothers, have a good, beautiful life and plenty of space. Animal welfare is reflected in the flavour of the lamb.”

More about Hollands Graslam

Hollands Graslam, supplied by HANOS butcher Van der Zee, grazes on the green pastures of the Betuwe and other nature areas with fertile soil. There the lambs enjoy fresh grass and the herbs growing in it. This healthy, varied diet gives the meat its recognisable flavour: the taste of days gone by.

Sfeerbeeld Lamsvlees Hollands graslam voorjaar

Dutch grass-fed lamb products

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Lamb Leg With Bone Dutch

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Hollandic Lamb Saddle

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Lamb Shoulder Boneless Dutch

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Lamb Rump Holland'S

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Lamb Chop Dutch

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Lamb Fillet Boneless Dutch

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Lamb Very Dutch

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Lamb Chop Mar. Dutch Pasture Lamb

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New Zealand lamb

Meat of exceptional, consistent quality

Vast, rolling plains with grazing lambs: a typical New Zealand scene. The lambs here are raised in a completely natural way. Thanks to the gentle climate with mild winters and long, warm summers, regular rainfall and rich soil, the lambs graze all year round. Because they grow up exclusively outdoors in freedom and peace, the meat is of exceptional, consistent quality: tender with a special, intense flavour. New Zealand lamb is lean, rich in nutrients and natural.

Preserving flavour and tenderness The lambs’ diet consists exclusively of pasture grass and is guaranteed free of artificial additives. Feed substitutes common elsewhere in the world are not needed in New Zealand, because grass is available all year round. To guarantee the quality and freshness of our meat, it is frozen under special conditions that preserve its flavour and tenderness.

Quality and reliability From New Zealand, the world’s largest producer of lamb, we import a complete range of fresh and frozen lamb from the Affco brand. Affco is one of New Zealand’s leading meat companies and has operated in this competitive and innovative market since its first shareholders’ meeting in 1904. The Affco brand is known on the world market for top quality and reliability.

“New Zealand lamb is lean, rich in nutrients and exceptionally tender.”

Optimal food safety Meat production in New Zealand uses some of the world’s most advanced food safety systems and supports internationally recognised procedures. New Zealand meat sets the global standards for food safety. At every production site, inspectors supervise the handling of the animals to ensure that transport and slaughter procedures are carried out humanely. Slaughter and processing facilities also meet cultural requirements, such as halal processing.

New Zealand grass-fed lamb products

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Lamb Rump New Zealand

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Lamb Fillet Boneless New Zealand

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Lamsfilet Gevliesd Nieuw Zeeland Dv

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Lamb Rump From New Zealand

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Lamb Sweetbread From New Zealand

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Lamb Shank From New Zealand

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Lamb Neck Frozen Nz Trimmed

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Lamsbout Zonder Been Nieuw Zeeland Diep

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Lamb Leg B/I New Zealand

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Lamb masterclass

Ready to work with lamb? HANOS organised a lamb masterclass with Dennis van den Beld, chef at Hotel Landgoed Het Roode Kooper*. You can watch the masterclass below. The masterclass is powered by Van der Zee, catering butcher and HANOS partner. Curious about more livestreams? Watch them on our livestream page.