RE: [london.food] [RECIPE] lemon and garlic lamb

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From: Wistow, Kay
Subject: RE: [london.food] [RECIPE] lemon and garlic lamb
Date: 13:31 on 20 Oct 2003
Simon

How about trying lamb fillets, advantages being less fat and you can trim to
fit in your pan.

Kay 

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Wistow [mailto:simon@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx]
Sent: 20 October 2003 11:59
To: london.food@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [london.food] [RECIPE] lemon and garlic lamb


I tried the lamb chop variation on the chicken recipe I did last week. 
Same basic technique - brown on a medium to high heat in a pool of 
butter and olive oil and then turn the heat down and cook in a covered 
pot for about 40 minutes. This time I eighted a lemon and stuck the 
wedges in with the garlic when I turned the heat down and covered.  The 
meat came out wonderfully tender and fragrant and I served it with 
sliced roasted peppers and coriander cous-cous.

Some notes and caveats though - 9 lamb chops didn't go very far 
and only 
served 3 people. This could possibly be ameliorated by either using lamb 
steak, better quality (read - meatier) lamb chops or by browning more of 
them first and then sticking them in a larger casserole pot although 
this coould be a problem given .... 

Caveat #2: unlike the chicken which gave out lots of juices which, after 
I'd skimmed off the fat and deglazed the pan and reduced with lots of 
wine,  made a really nice sauce, this was a lot more fatty with 
virtually no juice. This isn't really that much a problem wince you can 
always make another sauce - I was thinking of making a red pepper 
and chilli (possibly harissa) coulis next time. If I was doing lots of 
chops in a casserole pot then I'd beworried that the bottom ones would 
end up being covered in fat.



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