Lamb chops with rocket pesto

AUTHOR
Louis Ramirez
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 4
COOK TIME
50 mins
TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 4 Garlic cloves
  • 1 untreated lemon
  • 4 Stem(s) Oregano
  • 8 Stem(s) Thyme
  • 2 Branches of rosemary
  • 9 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 12 Lamb chops
  • 20 g crushed almond
  • 30 g Parmesan cheese
  • 40 g Rocket
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 400 g Orecchiette Noodles

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel and finely chop 2 cloves of garlic. Wash lemon hot, grate dry, peel and chop the zest into strips with a zest ripper. Wash the herbs, shake dry, remove leaves from the stalks, pluck needles from the twigs and chop finely. Mix 4 tablespoons of oil and prepared ingredients. Season with pepper

  2. 2

    Wash the meat, dab dry and marinate with the prepared marinade. Chill the chops for at least 1 hour. Roast the almonds in a pan without fat while stirring constantly, remove. Grate parmesan. Clean and wash the rocket, shake dry and chop coarsely except for a little bit for sprinkling. Peel 2 cloves of garlic and chop coarsely. Finely chop 5 tbsp. oil, almonds, Parmesan, rocket and garlic with a hand blender. Season with salt and pepper. Halve lemon and squeeze juice. Stir 2-3 tbsp. juice into the pesto

  3. 3

    Remove the chops from the marinade. Fry in two hot pans for about 6 minutes, turning. Prepare noodles in boiling salted water according to package instructions. Drain the noodles, collecting approx. 100 ml noodle water. Mix 5 tablespoons pesto and pasta water. Mix the pasta and the pesto. Arrange chops and noodles. Sprinkle with remaining rocket. Add remaining pesto

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
1100 kcal
CARBS
73 g
FATS
73 g
PROTEINS
37 g