Sweet Minty Lamb One Pot Special

After a busy day at work this is a good way to cook a great family meal for 4, not quite fling it in the pan but not far off, best bit is it leaves you time to sit down, relax and enjoy a glass of wine while dinner cooks itself. Preparation time is approx 5 mins, chopping onion, pepper, courgette, garlic and potatoes. Adding ingredients to pan approx 10 minutes. Cook and enjoy!

You will need:-

500-600g lean diced lamb or lamb escalopes
1 red onion, finely chopped
1 yellow pepper cut into bit sized chunks
1 courgette, thinly sliced
A handful of black olives, pitted and halved lengthways
3 medium potatoes peeled and thinly sliced
2 cloves of garlic peeled and thinly sliced
3 tablespoons of natural yogurt
1 teaspoon on mint sauce
1 lamb stock cube mixed with 200mls of boiling water
1/2 teaspoon of rosemary
1/2 teaspoon of thyme
1 tablespoon of olive oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste


In a large frying pan or saucepan heat the oil, when hot add the onion, chopped pepper, courgette, olives and garlic, gently fry over medium/low heat for 5 mins, stirring to ensure it doesn't stick to bottom of pan. Add the thyme and rosemary, stir to mix.

Place the lamb evenly on top of the onions, peppers, courgette etc and cover. Cook for a further 5 minutes. Pour stock over lamb. Turn heat down to low and arrange sliced potatoes over the lamb so that lamb is completely covered with potatoes. Gently tilt pan to coat the potatoes with stock.

Mix together the yogurt and mint sauce and spread evenly over the top of the potatoes. Cover and cook for approximately 30 - 40 minutes, until potatoes and lamb are tender.

Serve.

Great on its own but a green salad or some fresh crusty bread would go really well with it, or maybe even some extra veg such as mashed carrots or roast parsnips.