Rosemary & Garlic Roasted Lamb with Artichokes & Olives

This is a stunning traybrake slightly adapted from Rukmini Iyer's "The Quick Roasting Tin" (One of my absolutely favourite cookbooks!). She says that this "delivers on all fronts" and, that it does! Succulent lamb chops, with artichokes, olives, tomatoes and basil.. stunningly delicious and so easy! And, if you want to make it easier, prep it al in advance and stick it in the fridge 15 minutes before you cook.

Ingredients

Method

Ingredients

  • SERVES 4
  • 350 g cherry tomatoes on the vine
  • 290 g jar of artichokes, drained plus 1 tbsp oil from jar
  • 165 g pitted black olives
  • 8 free-range lamb loin chops (allow 150-200g lamb per person)
  • 3-4 sprigs fresh rosemary, finely chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt flakes
  • 400 g tin, cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 lemon, juice only
  • Handful of fresh basil, chopped

Method

one. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Tip the cherry tomatoes with their vines, the artichokes, olives and cannellini beans into a roasting tin. Rub the lamb chops with the artichoke oil, then scatter them with the rosemary, crushed garlic and a pinch of salt before nestling them in the tin.

two. Transfer to the oven and bake for 20 minutes for lamb that is blushing pink. If your steaks are quite thick, leave them in for a little longer, just under 25 minutes.

three. Leave the steaks to rest for 5 minutes before scattering over the basil serving hot.