Spiced Lamb Loin Chops with Roasted Onion Purée
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Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 45 mins
These succulent organic lamb chops are drizzled with spiced butter and are served with creamy onion purée and a bed of baked lentils and veg. All that’s missing is you and a fork.
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872 kcal
(per portion)
Ingredients you'll need
  • 400g bunched carrots
  • 4 onions
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 400g tin of lentils
  • 4 lamb loin chops
  • 45g butter
  • A pinch of cayenne pepper
From your kitchen
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Heat your oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Trim the carrots. Cut them into quarters lengthways. Save a handful of the carrot tops.

  • 2.

    Peel the onions and cut them into 4-6 chunks each. Place the carrots and onions on a baking tray, keeping the veg separate on the tray. Drizzle the carrots with 1 tbsp oil. Sprinkle the carrots and onions with salt. Drop on the unpeeled garlic clove. Slide into the oven and roast for 30 mins.

  • 3.

    Drain and rinse the lentils. After the veg has cooked for 30 mins, remove the tray from the oven. Lift the onions and garlic off the tray.

  • 4.

    Lower the oven to 160°C/Fan 140°C/Gas 3. Tip the lentils onto the tray with the carrots and toss together. Place back in the oven for 15 mins.

  • 5.

    Place the soft, charred onions into a food processor. Squeeze the roasted garlic from its skin into the processor. Whizz the onions and garlic till smooth. No processor? Chop the roasted onions and garlic as finely as you can and then crush with the back of a fork. Set aside.

  • 6.

    Heat a frying pan for a few mins. When hot, drizzle in 1 tbsp oil. Place the lamb chops in the pan and cook for 3 mins on each side for rare. Cook a couple more mins for more well done chops. Place on a plate and cover with foil to rest.

  • 7.

    Lower the heat under the pan. Add the butter with a pinch of cayenne pepper. Swirl together till the butter is melted.

  • 8.

    Spoon the carrots and lentils onto a couple of plates. Top with a couple of lamb chops each. Dollop on some of the onion purée. Drizzle the spiced butter all over the chops and veg. Scatter over a pinch of chopped carrot leaves and serve.

  • Tip

    Leaf it out
    Carrot leaves have a flavour similar to parsley. Chop them and mix with chopped mint and dill, a finely chopped red onion and the seeds from 1 pomegranate. Dress with a lemony-olive oil dressing and serve on the side of grilled meats and fish as a simple herb salad.

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