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Lamb cutlets with chick-peas, tomatoes and olives

Alex Mackay from Good Food Bites
Toothsome lamb cutlets atop chick peas brimming with bold Mediterranean flavours create this truly tempting supper dish from Alex Mackay

Lamb cutlets with chick-peas, tomatoes and olives

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 190°c/gas 5.

2. Season the lamb cutlets with salt and fry them in the oil for a couple of minutes each side until golden brown. While the lamb is cooking drain the chick peas well.

3. Transfer the lamb cutlets to a warmed plate and add the chick peas to the pan. Sauté them for about a minute and season them well with salt and cayenne pepper.

4. Put the lamb cutlets on top of the chick peas and bake for 6-8 minutes in the oven. While this is cooking, mix the diced tomatoes with the chopped olives, the olive oil, garlic, the basil and the lemon juice and zest, season well with salt and cayenne and set aside.

5. Once cooked, remove the lamb and chick peas from the oven, smother both with the tomato, olive mixture and serve.

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Serves: 2

Prep: 20 min
Cook: 15 min

Ingredients
6 lamb cutlets, each approximately 80g
Salt, and freshly ground black pepper
2 tbsp sunflower oil
400g canned chick peas
cayenne pepper
2 large, very ripe plum tomatoes, diced
10 pitted black olives, chopped
4 tbsp Olive oil
2 garlic clove, thinly chopped
10 basil leaves, roughly torn
zest and juice of 1 lemon