Description
These minted lamb chops are delicious and impressive, yet they only take minutes to prepare, making them perfect for a dinner party or an indulgent mid-week meal.
The default recipe serves one
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 lamb chops/cutlets (300g / 10oz including bone)
- 8–10 large mint leaves
- 1 large shallot, roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, roughly chopped
Instructions
- Add the mint, shallot, olive oil and garlic to a food processor or blender. Season well and then blitz until you have a rough paste that is easy to spread.
- Spoon or brush half the mixture over one side of the lamb chops.
- Heat a frying pan or griddle pan over medium-high heat. Add a small splash of oil and then, once hot, add the chops, mint side down, to the pan and cook on one side for 3 minutes. While they are cooking spoon the remaining mint mixture over the exposed side of the chops and spread evenly.
- Turn the chops using tongs and cook on the other side for a further 4 minutes for medium-rare. Alernatively, turn and cook for a further 3-4 minutes for well done.
Notes
- Lamb chops are best cooked to medium-rare and will become tougher the longer they are cooked
- Fresh mint gives the best results for this recipe. If you only have dried mint then use half the amount (around 1 tsp per person)
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Hob
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 850
- Fat: 73g
- Carbohydrates: 6g
- Protein: 47g
Keywords: lamb, dinner, entertaining, midweek, easy, quick, indulgent, british