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Warm Pasta & Lamb Salad

Ingredients

  • 500g lean lamb fillets, sliced
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 3 teaspoons sugar
  • 1/3 cup (80ml) lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon dry red wine
  • 1 tablespoon mild sweet chilli sauce
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
  • 4 medium (300g) egg tomatoes, quartered
  • 500g spiral pasta
  • cooking oil spray
  • ½ cup (125 ml) beef stock
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 bunch (550g) English spinach, roughly chopped

Method

  1. Combine lamb, oil, 1 teaspoon of the sugar, juice, wine, sauce, garlic and rosemary in bowl, cover, refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.
  2. Drain lamb, reserve marinade. Place tomatoes in single layer on oven tray, sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake uncovered in moderate oven for 20 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, add pasta to large pan of boiling water, boil, uncovered, until just tender, drain.
  4. Meanwhile, heat a large pan and spray lightly with cooking spray, add lamb in batches, cook until browned and tender. Return lamb to pan, add reserved marinade, stock and parsley, stir until mixture boils. Gently toss with pasta, tomatoes and spinach.