Lamb Chops with Mint Risotto

Name: Lamb Chops with Mint Risotto
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 355 milliliters grain white rice such as arborio or pearl; 59 milliliters balsamic vinegar; 2 teaspoons butter or margarine; 1 liters About fat-skimmed chicken broth; 1 teaspoon minced garlic; 4 fat-trimmed double-bone lamb rib chops (about 1 3/4 in. thick, 1 1/2 lb. total); 3 Tbsps lemon juice; 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel; 237 milliliters slivered fresh mint leaves; 59 milliliters chopped shallots; 1 teaspoon sugar

Lamb Chops with Mint Risotto might be just the main course you are searching for. This gluten free recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 29g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 518 calories. If you have rice such as arborio, fat-trimmed double-bone lamb rib chops, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the lemon peel you could follow this main course with the Lemon Syrup Cake with Berries and Lemon-Curd Cream as a dessert. It is an expensive recipe for fans of Mediterranean food.

Instructions

In a 3- to 4-quart pan over high heat, combine butter and shallots and stir until shallots are limp, about 1 minute.

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Add rice and stir until some of the grains are opaque, about 2 minutes longer.

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Rice

Add lemon peel and 4 cups broth to pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring often, until rice is tender to bite, about 15 minutes.

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Broth

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Meanwhile, in a 10- to 12-inch ovenproof frying pan over high heat, rub fatty side of chops in pan to lightly oil, then lay chops in pan and brown on all sides, about 5 minutes.

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Put pan with chops in a 400 oven.

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Bake until meat is medium-rare (pink) in center of thickest part (cut to test), about 15 minutes, or medium (only slightly pink), about 20 minutes. Skim and discard fat from pan.

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Meat

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Return pan with chops to high heat.

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Add garlic, vinegar, and sugar. Shake pan and stir to release browned bits, then stir in 1/4 cup mint and remove from heat.

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Vinegar

Garlic

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Sugar

Mint

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If rice is cooked before lamb is ready, turn heat to very low and stir in about 1/4 cup broth. Stir lemon juice and most of the remaining mint into rice, and if you want a creamier texture, a little more broth.

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Lemon Juice