Lamb Chops with Haricot Beans

Name: Lamb Chops with Haricot Beans
Yield: Serves Four
Ingredients: 1 clove garlic, crushed; 1 large onion, sliced; salt and pepper; 2 teaspoons tomato purée; 50 g/2 oz butter; 350 g/12 oz dried haricot beans; 1 tablespoon chopped parsley; 3 tomatoes, peeled and quartered; squeeze of lemon juice; 4 butterfly chops or 8 loin of lamb chops, cut into 4 double-thick chops (each containing 2 bones); salt and pepper; sprig of rosemary; 4 butterfly chops or 8 loin of lamb chops, cut into 4 double-thick chops (each containing 2 bones)

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking for Friends

By Prue Leith

Published 1978

About

Ingredients

350 g/12 oz dried haricot beans
50 g/2

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Start with the beans. If you have time soak them in cold water overnight. If not, pour hot water over them and leave for 3–4 hours or until they feel softened when tested between the fingers.

In a heavy frying pan melt half the butter and fry the onion slices until soft and just beginning to colour. Add the garlic and fry for a further minute. Tip the garlic and onion, and any butter, i