Lamb chop tray bake

Serves: 4
Course: Main Course
Cooking Time: 0 hr 1 mins
Ingredients
  • 10/12 lamb chops
  • 1 fennel bulb, sliced
  • 2 red onions, sliced
  • 4 cloves garlic, smashed
  • 1 sprig rosemary
  • 100g pitted kalamata olives
  • Good quality olive oil
  • Sea salt and black pepper
  • 2 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander 

1. Place the lamb chops on a large baking tray. Add the onion, fennel, olives, garlic cloves and rosemary.

2. Generously coat with good quality olive oil. Season well with sea salt and black pepper. Add the oregano and other spices and toss everything together on the tray to make sure all ingredients are well coated with the seasoning.

3. Cover the tray with foil and put in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius. Cook covered for 15 minutes.

4. Remove foil and return to oven. Bake for a further 15 minutes.

5. Remove from the oven and serve with rice or salad.

Jess Murphy

Jess Murphy

Jess Murphy, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a Kiwi chef living on the west coast of Ireland