Table for TwoLamb Chops with Mint Sauce
Juicy lamb chops seared with garlic and rosemary, served with a bright homemade mint sauce — a Kiwi dinner staple.
⏱ 30 min📶 Easy👫 Serves 2☪ Muslim-friendly
Ingredients (for 2)
- Lamb chops or cutlets, 6
- Garlic, 2 cloves
- Fresh rosemary, 2 sprigs
- Olive oil, 2 tbsp
- Fresh mint, 1 bunch
- Sugar, 1 tbsp
- Boiling water, 2 tbsp
- Malt or cider vinegar, 3 tbsp
- Salt & pepper, to taste
Steps
- Finely chop the mint, stir in the sugar and boiling water until dissolved, then add the vinegar and leave to infuse.
- Rub the lamb with the oil, crushed garlic, chopped rosemary, salt and pepper.
- Sear in a very hot heavy pan for 3–4 minutes per side for pink, then rest for 5 minutes.
- Serve with the mint sauce and roast potatoes or a green salad.
Cook it together: One makes the mint sauce, the other mans the pan — and you decide together how pink is just right.
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