Almond Crusted Lamb Cutlets
Serves: 4
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 8 lamb cutlets
- 1½ cups almonds, roughly chopped
- 2 cups fresh bread crumbs
- 4 tblsp parsley, finely chopped
- 1 tblsp Tuscan seasoning
- ¼ cupplain flour
- 1 egg, beaten
- oil for shallow frying
Method
- Trim lamb cutlets and flatten slightly with your hand.
- In a large bowl, combine the almonds, bread crumbs, parsley and seasoning and mix well.
- Place the plain flour on a flat plate and dust the cutlets well. Shake off any excess flour.
- Beat the egg with ½ cup water.
- Dip each cutlet in the egg mixture, then coat with almond mixture pressing firmly to adhere to the meat.
- Heat the oil in a large shallow pan over a medium heat and shallow fry cutlets for 3 minutes on each side or until golden.
- Serve with steamed vegetables and a wedge of lemon.
Note: Almond crust is also delicious on chicken or prawns.
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