Sacla Italian style lamb with sun-dried tomato pesto
Tender lamb, red wine and pesto - another Italian work of art

Ingredients

8 lamb noisettes
a jar Sacla' Organic Tomato Pesto
200ml passata
50ml red wine
2 tbsp soft dark brown sugar
1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme
150g mozzarella cheese
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
fresh basil or parsley to garnish

Cooking Instructions

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas Mark 5.
Next spread four tablespoons of Sacla' Organic Tomato Pesto over one side of your lamb noisettes. Season with a good sprinkling of salt and pepper.

Now place the passata, red wine, two tablespoons of Sacla' Organic Tomato Pesto and sugar in a saucepan and heat gently until the sugar dissolves. Season well, stir in the thyme, and bring to the boil.
Transfer the tomato sauce into a shallow ovenproof dish, arrange the lamb on top and make sure its pesto side up.

Bake in the oven for about fifteen minutes before laying a slice of mozzarella onto each noisette.

Cook for a further five to ten minutes until the sauce is bubbling, the cheese melting, and the lamb is done but still a little pink inside. (If you prefer your lamb well done, just give it a bit longer.)

To serve, put two noisettes on each plate, one leaning on the other, spoon the sauce around each one and garnish with fresh basil leaves.
 

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