Best Creole Lamb Chops With Port Wine Demi Recipes

LAMB CHOPS WITH ROSEMARY AND PORT WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°F.
• Season the both sides of the chops with salt, pepper and garlic. Press seasoning into the meat with your fingers.
• Heat a heavy skillet and heat olive oil and butter until the butter stops foaming. Add the rosemary leaves and the lamb chops to the hot pan.
• Pan sear the chops over high heat to brown on both sides, approximately 3 minutes per side. Remove the chops to an ovenproof dish, cover loosely with foil and place in the preheated oven for 5 to 10 minutes to keep warm.
• Keeping the skillet over medium high heat, deglaze with the port and scrape up any "crunchy bits". Reduce the wine by half and stir in the heavy cream. Return the sauce to a boil and reduce for a couple minutes, until the cream coats the back of your spoon.
• Serve the chops with rice, couscous or buttered noodles and spoon the sauce over.

GRILLED RACK OF LAMB WITH A PORT WINE FIG SAUCE

Steps:

• Marinade -- Mix all the ingredients and rub over the lamb well. Put in 1 or 2 large baggies and seal and just let marinade over night. 24 hours plus is fine for this.
• Fig Sauce -- Take 1/2 of the fresh figs and cut them up in quarters. In a small sauce pan on medium heat add the olive oil and then add the shallots, garlic, rosemary and figs. Cook five minutes until the figs are soft. Add the port wine and chicken broth. Simmer until reduced by about half on low/medium heat. About 10 minutes, the sauce with thicken on it's own.
• Lamb -- I like to grill the lamb until nice and brown with good crusting on each side, about 5 minutes per side and then flip. Then I move to indirect heat to finish cooking. They don't take long. Another 5 minutes on the indirect heat and they should be done. Make sure you have a meat thermometer which is very important when cooking this. I like to remove my lamb at about 120 degrees and cover with foil. It will come up to 125 which is medium rare. You can remove it a bit earlier if you like it more rare. 125 seems to work perfect for me each time. Remove and cover with foil to let set 10-15 minutes before carving.
• Sauce -- Add the fresh figs to the reduced sauce to heat up, the butter and a dash of the balsamic vinegar.
• Serve and Enjoy -- I like to serve 2-3 chops per plate and I love to serve this over a mix of mashed parsnips and potatoes or even some roasted spuds. Then drizzle the fig sauce over the lamb and some on the potatoes.
• Fresh sauteed kale is wonderful with this or some roasted brussels sprouts with a walnut butter. (Walnut butter -- just fine grind walnuts and mix with butter, melt and serve over green beans roasted brussels sprouts, and grilled cabbage or cauliflower). Very easy and very flavorful.

LAMB CHOPS WITH PORT SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees farenheit.
• Slash the edges of the chops in 2 or 3 places to prevent curling. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
• Coat the bottom of a large, ovenproof frying pan with the olive oil and heat over medium-high heat. When the oil starts to smoke, add the lamb chops and sear them to a golden brown on both sides, about 2 minutes on each side. (Do not crowd the pan; use 2 frying pans if necessary).
• Transfer the pan(s) to the oven and roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted away from the bone registers 130-135 degrees Farenheit or the chops are a deep pink when cut into near the bone for medium rare, 6-8 minutes.
• Transfer to a platter and let rest, tented loosely with aluminum foil, while you make the sauce.
• To make the sauce, drain off all but 1 Tb of drippings from the pan. Add the shallots and garlic and saute, stirring often, until softened, 3-4 minutes. Add the Port and stock and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook until reduced by half, about 5 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium. Whisk in the mustard and then the butter pieces. When the butter has melted and combined and the sauce is smooth, season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Transfer the chops to individual plates, spoon sauce on top, and serve.

MARLO THOMAS'S CREOLE LAMB CHOPS

Steps:

• Sprinkle a heavy frying pan with salt; brown the chops on both sides and put them in a casserole.
• Wipe out the skillet with a paper napkin or towel; put in the oil and heat.
• Add the onions and green pepper.
• Brown lightly; then add tomatoes and seasonings.
• Stir the mixture well; simmer for a few minutes and then pour it over the lamb chops.
• Bake tightly covered for an hour in a preheated 350F oven.

LAMB CHOPS WITH PORT, MUSTARD & CREAM (COSTELETAS DE CARNEIR

Steps:

• Sprinkle the lamb chops with salt and pepper.
• In a large, heavy frying pan over medium-high heat, warm the olive oil or melt the butter.
• Add the chops and cook, turning once, until well seared and cooked to desired doneness, about 10 minutes for rare and 14 minutes for medium-rare.
• Transfer to a platter and keep warm.
• Remove the pan from the heat, add the port, and deglaze the pan, stirring to dislodge any browned bits from the pan bottom.
• Return the pan to medium heat and simmer the port for a minute or so to burn off the alcohol.
• Whisk in the mustard and cream and continue to simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Return the chops to the pan and swirl them in the sauce. Transfer to warmed individual plates, spooning the sauce over the top, and serve at once.