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Braaied lamb chops with bean mash

10 minutes

Braaied lamb chops with bean mash

By Phillippa Cheifitz

Serves 8

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cooking Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

Olive oil
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
2 lamb chops, per seving

For the bean mash:

500 g dried beans, cooked
65-125 ml olive oil
2 garlic cloves, crushed
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Method

1. Oil and season the chops. Braai the chops until nicely browned outside but still rosy-rare inside.

2. To make the bean mash, roughly blend the hot cooked beans with a hand-held electric stick blender, gradually adding ¼-½ cup olive oil. Stir in the crushed garlic and season to taste. If it’s too thick, thin down with water stock or more oil.

TASTE's take: TASTE’s consultant food editor, Phillippa Cheifitz, spends weekdays in Cape Town and weekends in Paternoster on the West Coast, where top-quality ingredients offer her inspiration for laidback lunches, braais, picnics and dinners, featured in Lazy Days – Easy Summer Cooking.

Also enjoy her mushroom crostini and smoked snoek and avocado tabbouleh.

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Braaied lamb chops with bean mash

Ingredients

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