Lamb, Pepper, Eggplant And Pesto Stacks - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, finely grated
    1/3 cup pine nuts, toasted
    1 clove garlic, quartered
    2/3 cup fresh basil leaves
    1/2 cup olive oil
    1 tbsp lemon juice
    2 None red peppers, quartered, deseeded
    1 None eggplant, cut into 8 slices
    2 lb lamb loin
Preparation
    To make the pesto, blend or process cheese, nuts, garlic, basil and 1/4 cup oil until smooth. Stir in lemon juice. Set aside.
    Preheat broiler. Broil peppers, skin-side up, until skin blisters and blackens. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside for 5 mins. Peel skin. Broil eggplant slices until tender.
    Heat remaining oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook lamb until browned all over and cooked to your liking. Cover and let rest for 5 mins. Slice thickly.
    Make stacks of lamb, eggplant and peppers on serving plates. Spoon pesto over top.

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