Italian Meat - Lamb Recipes - Italian Lamb (Agnello all' Italiano) Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 aubergine, (eggplant) sliced

• Freshly ground black pepper

• 45 ml/13 tbsp olive oil

• 15 g/1 tbsp unsalted (sweet) butter

• 1 garlic clove, crushed

• 4 courgettes (zucchini), sliced

• 1 green (bell) pepper, sliced

• 4 tomatoes, skinned, seeded and chopped

• 30 ml/2 tbsp tomato puree (paste)

• 5 ml/1 tsp chopped fresh oregano

• 1 bay leaf

• 900 g/2 lb lamb chops

• Grated rind and juice of 1 lime

---

Method:

1. Sprinkle the aubergine with salt and leave for 30 minutes. Rinse and dry on kitchen paper.

2. Rub salt and pepper over the lamb. Heat half the oil in a frying pan and cook the aubergine slices for 3 minutes on each side until they are browned.

3. Remove from the pan and drain on kitchen paper. Melt the butter in a saucepan and fry (sauté) the garlic.

4. Add the courgettes and cook for 3 minutes, stirring all the time. Add the aubergine slices, green pepper, tomatoes, tomato puree, oregano and the bay leaf.

5. Season with salt and pepper. Reduce the heat to low and cook the vegetables for 5 minutes.

6. Add the remaining oil to the frying pan and cook the lamb chops for 6 minutes on each side.

7. Remove from the pan and keep warm. Stir the lime rind and juice into the vegetables and bring to the boil.

8. Remove the bay leaf and pour the vegetables over the chops.