italian herb loin chops with vegetable lasagne
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Lamb
Italian herb loin chops with vegetable lasagne
Lamb cutlets, lamb steaks or forequarter chops would also work well in this recipe.
Ingredients
- 8 lamb loin chops, excess fat trimmed
- 3 fresh lasagne sheets
- 400g can diced tomatoes
- 2 zucchini, thinly sliced lengthways
- 3 truss tomatoes, thinly sliced
- 250g frozen spinach, thawed, drained, liquid squeezed out
- 150g fresh ricotta
- ½ cup good quality pesto
- ½ cup shredded cheese of choice
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp dried italian herbs
- baby salad leaves, baby basil leaves, to serve.
Directions
- Preheat oven to 180°C (160° fan-forced). Spray a 20cm X 20cm baking dish with olive oil. Line base with ¼ canned tomatoes then layer with ⅓ the vegetables. Dollop with ⅓ the ricotta and pesto. Top with a lasagne sheet and repeat layering process twice more.
- Top final lasagne sheet with remaining canned tomatoes and sprinkle with shredded cheese. Bake in oven for 25-30 minutes or until cheese is golden and pasta and vegetables are tender. Set aside for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, rub lamb chops with oil, sprinkle with Italian herbs and season with sea salt and pepper. Heat a large char-grill pan or barbecue over medium-high heat and cook chops for 3-4 minutes on each side or until cooked to your liking. Set chops aside on a plate loosely covered with foil to rest for 5 minutes.
- Cut vegetable bake into slices and serve with chops, baby salad leaves and baby basil.
