Cumin Lamb Chops with Roast Carrots and Mint Sauce

Loin chops crusted with cumin, roasted carrots underneath, and a sharp mint-parsley sauce over both. Thirty-five minutes, and most of it is oven time.

Serves 235 minutes paleogluten-freedairy-freehigh-protein

• ✓Lamb loin chops are a rich source of protein and iron.
• ✓Carrots roast down sweet and bring beta-carotene.
• ✓The sauce is nothing but fresh herbs, lemon, garlic and olive oil.

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Ingredients

• •6 lamb loin chops (about 1.5 lb / 700 g total)
• •1 lb / 450 g carrots, halved lengthways
• •4 tbsp olive oil
• •2 tsp ground cumin
• •1 tsp ground coriander
• •big bunch mint and parsley, finely chopped
• •juice of ½ lemon
• •1 clove garlic, grated
• •salt and black pepper

Method

1. Heat the oven to 425°F / 220°C. Toss the carrots with 2 tbsp oil, half the cumin and salt; roast 25 minutes until browned and bendy.
2. Meanwhile stir the chopped herbs with the lemon juice, garlic, 1 tbsp oil and a pinch of salt — a rough, spoonable sauce.
3. Rub the chops with the last of the oil, the remaining spices, salt and pepper.
4. Sear in a screaming-hot pan, 3–4 minutes a side for pink. Rest five minutes.
5. Plate the carrots, chops on top, herb sauce over everything.

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