Grilled Lamb Loin with Cabernet-Mint Sauce and Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Name: Grilled Lamb Loin with Cabernet-Mint Sauce and Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters balsamic vinegar; 113 grams 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon butter or margarine; 473 milliliters Cabernet Sauvignon or other dry red wine; 710 milliliters fat-skimmed low-sodium beef broth; 59 milliliters chopped fresh mint leaves; 2 Tbsps fresh thyme leaves or 1 tablespoon dried thyme; 30 cloves garlic, peeled; 118 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 1 Tbsp chopped Italian parsley; 0 teaspoons About pepper; 794 grams Yukon Gold or russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks; 1 teaspoons About salt; 113 grams 1/2 cup chopped shallots (about; 1 fat-trimmed lamb loin, boned, rolled, and tied (about 1 lb. total; see notes); 118 milliliters whipping cream

Grilled Lamb Loin with Cabernet-Mint Sauce and Garlic Mashed Potatoes might be just the main course you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 936 calories, 15g of protein, and 63g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. The Fourth Of July will be even more special with this recipe. If you have parsley, mint leaves, russet potatoes, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the pepper you could follow this main course with the Easy Peppermint Dessert as a dessert.

Instructions

Rinse lamb and pat dry. Chop 10 cloves of garlic. In an 8- by 10-inch baking dish, mix half the chopped garlic, 1/2 cup olive oil, vinegar, shallots, thyme, parsley, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.

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Olive Oil

Shallot

Parsley

Vinegar

Clove

Garlic

Pepper

Thyme

Lamb

Salt

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Baking Pan

Add lamb and turn to coat. Cover and chill at least 4 hours or up to 1 day, turning occasionally.

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Lamb

On a 12- by 12-inch sheet of foil, mix remaining 20 cloves garlic with 1/2 tablespoon olive oil to coat; seal foil around garlic.

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Garlic

Olive Oil

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Aluminum Foil

Bake in a 350 regular or convection oven until cloves are soft when pressed, about 45 minutes, turning packet over halfway through baking.

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Clove

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Oven

While garlic is baking, in a 10- to 12-inch frying pan over high heat, boil wine until reduced to 1 cup, about 10 minutes.

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Garlic

Wine

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Frying Pan

Add broth and boil, stirring occasionally, until mixture is reduced to about 1 1/2 cups, about 20 minutes.

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Broth

Whisk in 1 tablespoon butter, then stir in mint and the roasted garlic. Keep warm over low heat.

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Roasted Garlic

Butter

Mint

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Whisk

In a 5- to 6-quart pan, combine potatoes and remaining chopped garlic; add water to cover. Bring to a boil over high heat; cover, reduce heat, and simmer until potatoes mash easily when pressed, 20 to 25 minutes.

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Potato

Garlic

Water

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Frying Pan

Meanwhile, heat cream with the remaining 1/2 cup butter in a microwave-safe container in a microwave oven at full power (100%), stirring at 20-second intervals, until butter is melted and mixture is steaming (do not boil), about 1 1/2 minutes total.

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Butter

Cream

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Drain potatoes and garlic. Mash with a potato masher or a mixer until almost smooth.

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Potato

Garlic

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Potato Masher

Blender

Add cream mixture and mash to desired consistency; if potatoes are thicker than desired, add a little milk.

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Potato

Cream

Milk

Add salt and pepper to taste. Keep warm over low heat if necessary.

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Salt And Pepper

While potatoes cook, lift lamb from marinade and drain well (discard marinade).

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Marinade

Potato

Lamb

Lay on a barbecue grill over a solid bed of medium-hot coals or medium-high heat on a gas grill (you can hold your hand at grill level only 3 to 4 seconds); close lid on gas grill. Turn occasionally until lamb is browned on all sides and a thermometer inserted in center of thickest part reaches 135 for medium-rare (pink in the center), 20 to 25 minutes, or until done to your liking.

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Lamb

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Kitchen Thermometer

Grill

Transfer lamb to a board and let rest in a warm place at least 5 minutes.

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Lamb

Mound mashed potatoes equally on plates.

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Potato

Cut and remove string from lamb; slice loin crosswise and fan slices over potatoes. Spoon sauce with garlic around meat and mashed potatoes.

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Potato

Garlic

Sauce

Lamb

Meat

Notes: Have the butcher bone a lamb loin (1 3/4 to 2 lb.; make sure you don't get a tenderloin or the sirloin) and roll and tie it into a roast about 8 inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide. You can marinate the lamb and prepare the sauce through step 3 up to 1 day ahead; bring sauce to a simmer over low heat before serving.

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Lamb Loin