- 4 vine tomatoes
- 2 aubergine
- 800g tin of chickpeas
- 4 garlic cloves
- 2 lemon
- A handful of oregano, leaves only
- 4 lamb leg steaks
- A handful of rosemary, leaves only
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- Baking tray
- Frying pan
- Food processor (optional)
- Baking tray (optional)
- 1.
Preheat your oven to 180°C/Fan 160°C/Gas 4. Slice the tomatoes into wedges and spread them out on a baking tray. Season with salt and pepper and slide into the oven to roast for 20 mins.
- 2.
Set a frying pan (preferably ovenproof) over a high heat to warm up for 2 mins. Slice the aubergine in half lengthways then add to the smoking hot pan, cut-side down. Cook for 6-7 mins on each side till very soft. Tip out onto a chopping board and cool for a few mins, then scoop the flesh out of the skin into a food processor. Discard the skin. No food processor? See our tip for making the aubergine mash without one.
- 3.
Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Tip them into the food processor. Peel and grate in 1 garlic clove. Zest and juice in the lemon. Add most of the oregano leaves, a little salt and pepper and 1 tbsp olive oil. Blend till smooth. Taste and add more salt, pepper or olive oil if you think it needs it. Pop into a heatproof dish, loosely cover with foil and slide into the bottom of the oven to keep warm.
- 4.
Wipe the frying pan clean and set it over a medium-high heat. Rub the lamb steaks with ½ tbsp olive oil each, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Add them to the hot pan and cook for 2-3 mins on each side. Slide the pan into the oven for 8-10 mins to finish cooking the steaks. Frying pan not ovenproof? Lift the steaks out onto a baking tray. Once the lamb steaks have finished cooking, pop them on a warm plate, loosely cover with foil and rest for 5 mins.
- 5.
While the lamb cooks, finely chop the rosemary leaves and tip them into a bowl. Peel and grate in the remaining garlic clove.
- 6.
When the tomatoes have finished roasting, take them out of the oven, roughly chop them and stir them into the garlic and rosemary, along with a pinch of salt and pepper and 1 tbsp olive oil. This is your salsa.
- 7.
Spoon the mash onto a couple of plates and top with the lamb steaks. Finish with the tomato and rosemary salsa, the remaining oregano leaves and a drizzle of the lamb resting juices.
- Tip
No food processor? No problem
To make the mash with a bit of elbow grease, scoop the aubergine flesh out of the blistered skin into a mixing bowl. Add the chickpeas, grated garlic, lemon zest and juice, roughly chopped oregano leaves, olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper, then use a potato masher to crush everything together. The mash will be chunkier, but just as tasty.