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dinnerlicious Edition 231 - Jun/Jul 2026
Lamb casserole with Gremolata

Feeds 6 hungry boys 

Ingredients

  • 12 lamb leg chops 
  • salt and white pepper to season 
  • ½ cup flour  
  • 3 tbsps Ina Paarman beef stock powder 
  • 500 ml boiling water 
  • ½ cup All Gold tomato sauce 
  • ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce 
  • ¼ cup brown vinegar 
  • ¼ cup Old Brown Sherry 
  • 3 sprigs of fresh rosemary 
  • 6 bay leaves 
  • 6 cloves 
  • 500 g screw pasta, cooked 
  • 2 onions, chopped 
  • 2 cups grated matured cheddar cheese 


For the gremolata: 

  • ½ cup freshly chopped flat-leaved parsley 
  • 2 tbsps freshly grated lemon zest 
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic 

 

Method

Preheat your oven to 180 ˚C. Lay your chops on the kitchen counter and season well with the salt and pepper. Lightly dust the chops with the flour. Place the chops in a single layer in a large oven proof casserole dish – overlapping is ok. 

Dissolve the stock powder in the boiling water. Mix the stock, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar and Old Brown Sherry. Pour this over the chops in the casserole dish. Add the rosemary, cloves and bay leaves. 

Braise the chops for 2 hours in the oven, covered with the lid. 

Fry the chopped onion and mix it with the cooked pasta.   

Take the casserole out after 2 hours, cover with the pasta and sprinkle the cheese over the top. Return to the oven without the lid. Let the pasta heat through and the cheese should start turning brown – about 20 minutes. 


Make the gremolata while the dish is baking: 

In a bowl stir together the parsley, zest and garlic. Sprinkle the dish with the fresh gremolata when serving. 


Tip from Sanet: Gremolata goes very well with any winter stew. 


Recipe By
Sanet Prinsloo

Sanet Prinsloo

Chef

Born a Windhoeker, Sanet obtained her BSc Home Economics degree in Bloemfontein before leaving for the UK on a Working Holiday Visa. There she stumbled into the kitchen of 190 Queensgate in 1992 and has been in the kitchen ever since.

Back in Namibia her entrepreneurial spirit led her to own a coffee shop and a deli, with stints as caterer and as chef at lodges and farms.

In 2000 her life changed completely with the birth of her first son. Two more followed and she started baking from home in 2001 to be able to spend more time with the boys. Today she is still baking and delivers cookies and macarons all over the country.

Community projects:
President of NamChefs (2012 – 2017)
Worldchefs Certified Regional Judge (2014 – present) (SA, Mauritius, Egypt, UAE & Qatar)
Namibia’s Checkers Boerewors competition (2011 – present)
NAU Braai Competition (1999 – present)

“I wanted to become an actress, so now I cook on stage from time to time and I love it!” Sanet Prinsloo