Tender, moist and succulent lamb with a crisp covering of roasted breadcrumbs, served with a minted pea purée and warm chunks of flatbread is a lovely comforting hug of a meal.
Ingredients
- 1 fresh flavoured flatbread (we like Waitrose 275g tomato and garlic flatbread)
- Small pack fresh mint
- 2 x 150g lamb loins or neck fillets
- 200ml tub half-fat crème fraîche
- 1 egg
- 300g frozen petits pois
Method
- 1. Preheat the oven to 220C/fan200C/gas 7.
- 2. In a food processor, whizz up a third of flatbread with a small handful fresh mint leaves, to coarse crumbs. Season and spread on a plate. Beat egg in a bowl.
- 3. Season lamb loins or neck fillets, dip in the egg and roll in the crumbs. Put on a baking sheet and cook for 10 minutes. Add the rest of the flatbread to the oven and cook everything for a further 8-10 minutes, until the lamb is medium and the bread is golden. Rest the lamb for 5 minutes.
- 4. Meanwhile, boil petits pois in a pan for 4-5 minutes, until tender. Drain and tip into the food processor. Add 3 tablespoons half-fat crème fraîche, a small handful fresh mint leaves and season. Pulse to a coarse purée, divide between 2 small bowls and garnish with more fresh mint leaves.
- 5. Thickly slice the lamb and tear the flatbread into chunks. Divide between plates and serve with the pea purée