Loin of lamb with baba ganoush

Name: Loin of lamb with baba ganoush
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 400 grams boned and rolled lamb loin, with fat on and tied (see Try); 1 Tbsp each finely chopped fresh mint, rosemary and parsley; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 2 aubergines; 1 lemon, juice only; 1 garlic clove, roughly chopped; 1 handful a of fresh flatleaf parsley, chopped; 2 Tbsps about tahini paste; 100 grams runner bean, trimmed and sliced diagonally; 25 grams unsalted butter; 1 handful a of flaked almonds; 1 small garlic clove, roughly chopped; 1 pinch a of chilli powder, mild or hot – its up to you

Loin of lamb with baba ganoush is a main course that serves 2. One portion of this dish contains about 64g of protein, 46g of fat, and a total of 901 calories. This recipe covers 52% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe is typical of middl eastern cuisine. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet. Head to the store and pick up it's up to you, butter, almonds, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 220C/gas 7/fan 200C, then roast the aubergines on a baking sheet for 30 minutes until the skins are well blistered, turning them halfway. Leave the oven on (for the lamb) and tip the aubergines into a colander over a bowl. Leave until cool and to let the juices drain off, then peel and put the flesh back in the colander to drain again for a few minutes.

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Eggplant

Lamb

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Baking Sheet

Colander

Bowl

Oven

Put the aubergine flesh and the rest of the baba ganoush ingredients into a food processor. Whizz until smooth, then taste, add salt and pepper, plus more tahini paste if you like it. Set aside.

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Salt And Pepper

Baba Ghanoush

Tahini

Eggplant

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Food Processor

Cut the lamb in half widthways, sprinkle with salt and pepper and roll it in the chopped herbs.

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Salt And Pepper

Herbs

Lamb

Roll

Heat the olive oil in an ovenproof pan until very hot, put the lamb in and brown well on all sides, even the ends. This should take about 7 minutes in total.

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Olive Oil

Lamb

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Frying Pan

Transfer the pan to the oven and roast for 8 minutes to cook the lamb to just medium - leave it for longer if you want it a little more cooked. While the lamb is cooking, blanch the runner beans in boiling salted water for 3-4 minutes and drain them well.

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Runner Beans

Water

Lamb

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Oven

Frying Pan

Once cooked, remove the lamb from the oven and leave to rest. Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the almonds and cook on a medium heat for 2 minutes until toasted. Tip in the garlic and beans and cook on a low heat for 3 minutes. To serve, spoon a little baba on each plate, slice the lamb into medallions and nestle next to the beans.

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Almonds