Greek Lamb with Crispy Potatoes
Week 5 of the Cookbook Challenge – this one was a bit of a challenge. I didn’t realise but I’ve never really cooked Greek food before, it’s not a style of food I tend to pick out to cook (although I do like to eat it!). I found a Greek recipe in my 5 Nights a Week cookbook that looked nice, Greek Lamb with Crispy Potatoes.
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbsp chopped rosemary leaves
1 lemon, sliced
4×4 cutlet lamb racks
10 chat potatoes
150g cherry tomatoes
1 cup pitted kalamata olives (I used green olives instead)
Combine the garlic with 2 tablespoons of the oil, the rosemary and lemon in a bowl. Add the lamb, season with salt and pepper and toss to coat. Marinate for 15 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180 deg celcius
Meanwhile, part-cook the potatoes in a pan of boiling salted water for 5-6 minutes, then drain. Flatten each potato with a potato masher and place in an oiled roasted pan. Drizzle with the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil and season well. Roast in the oven for 15 minutes, or until golden.
Meanwhile, heat a large frypan over a medium-high heat. Sear the lamb on all sides. Place the lamb and any pan juices on top of the potatoes with the lemon slices and roast for 10 minutes for medium-rare, or until cooked to your liking.
Remove the lamb, cover loosely with foil and rest for 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and olives to the potatoes, then return the pan to the oven for a further 5 minutes, until the tomatoes soften. Serve the lamb on the potato mixture.
I had big problems with the timing of this recipe – I needed to keep the lamb in the oven for 30 minutes for it to actually cook. I also didn’t really crush the potatoes like I should have so this turned out to be more of a lamb with roast potatoes. It tasted nice though, even if it didn’t look like the one in the picture!
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Even though the potatoes weren’t smashed, they still look nice and crispy!
Still looks great to me! Yummo
I like that you added the green olives instead of kalamata – makes the dish look even yummier.
I also don’t cook Greek food very often, but don’t have any issues with eating it out either! Your lamb looks very tasty.