Spicy Lamb Chops with Greek-Style Mint Sauce

Name: Spicy Lamb Chops with Greek-Style Mint Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: a pinch of salt (optional); chilli flakes, to taste; 10 tsp salt; 16 lamb chops or cutlets; 10 garlic cloves, crushed; zest of 5 lemons; juice of 2 lemons; lemon juice, as needed; 2½ tsp ground coriander; olive oil, as needed; 1¼ tsp cayenne pepper; 5 splashes of Worcestershire sauce; 30 g of flat leaf parsley; 4 bunches of mint; 5 tsp freshly ground black pepper; rosemary sprigs; 8 anchovy fillets; 4 garlic cloves; olive oil, for drizzling

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Secret of Spice

By Tonia Buxton

Published 2019

About

This recipe is from my daughter Antigoni, and it’s a real family favourite. We all become cavemen when eating these chops – we literally lick the last of the tangy mint sauce off the bones.

Ingredients

For the chops

10 tsp salt
5 tsp freshly ground black pepper
2½

Main course
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

For the lamb chops, stir the salt, black pepper, ground coriander, cayenne, crushed garlic, Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice and zest together in a bowl large enough to hold all the chops or cutlets.

Season the lamb on both sides with the spice rub, then allow to stand at room temperature while you make the mint sauce. (You can also do this step the night before or in the morning an