With its sweet, mild flavor lamb is a wonderful choice for your Seduction Meal main dish. Because it is such a flavorful meat the easiest and best way to serve lamb is to grill or broil it with a dab of olive oil, add some crushed rosemary, a sprinkle of sea salt and pepper on each side, and serve rare or medium-rare.

The recipe below brings another dimension of flavor by adding pesto sauce and the sweet flavor of oven-roasted tomatoes. This dish goes perfectly with rice pilaf or, if you are interested in a heartier meal, potatoes au gratin (the next post to come on Seduction Meals).

lamb chops + roasted tomatoes

roasted tomatoes

• 2 plum tomatoes, cut in half lengthwise
• olive oil
• salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 300. With cut side facing up, add salt and pepper and spoon olive oil over the tomatoes. Place in oven and cook for about 1 hour. If you like you can garnish each tomato with a black olive in the center.

lamb chops

• 4 lamb chops
• 8 tsp pesto sauce
• fresh rosemary, finely chopped
• 1/8 cup cracked pepper

In a large skillet heat oil over medium high heat. Place the cracked pepper on a wooden cutting board and  press the sides of each lamb chop in to the pepper. Place the chops on a cutting board, sprinkle salt on side facing up. Add a pinch of rosemary and 1 tsp pesto on each lamb chop and spread evenly. Place in heated skillet, pesto side down, cook for 3-4 minutes. Add salt to the side facing up in the skillet, add rosemary and pesto, spread evenly. Turn over and cook for another 3-5 minutes. Test lamb.  Should be served rare or medium-rare

plating the dish

Place lamb chops and roasted tomatoes on a serving dish. Garnish with sprigs of rosemary. Prepare your candle-lit table for two and serve with a hearty, full bodied red wine.