5 Ingredients – Quick & Easy Food
By Jamie Oliver
24 mins
Not Too Tricky
serves 2
About the recipe
Think of this as a fresh take on a roast dinner for 2 – it’ll give you the same comforting feelings but is much simpler and faster to knock up. You can have this beauty on the table in under 30 minutes.
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Ingredients
400g baby new potatoes
200g frozen peas
200g piece of lamb rump
4 sprigs of fresh basil
1 heaped tablespoon yellow pepper or green pesto
Top Tip
You could swap in lamb chops, beef fillet, chicken breasts or any other prime cut. Or swap out the peas for broad beans or even sliced asparagus.
Method
- Halve any larger potatoes, then cook in a pan of boiling salted water for 15 minutes, or until tender, adding the peas to the party for the last 3 minutes.
- Meanwhile, rub the lamb all over with 1 teaspoon of olive oil, and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.
- Starting fat side down, sear the lamb in a non-stick frying pan on a medium-high heat for 10 minutes, turning regularly until gnarly all over but blushing in the middle, or use your instincts to cook to your liking.
- Remove to a plate to rest, then, with the frying pan on a low heat, make a liquor by stirring in a splash of water and a little red wine vinegar to pick up all those nice sticky bits, leaving it to tick away slowly until needed.
- Drain the potatoes and peas, tip into the liquor pan, pick over most of the basil, add the pesto and toss it all well.
- Serve with the lamb, sliced thinly, then pour over the resting juices. Pick over the remaining basil leaves, and tuck in.
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