MELLOW LAMB STEAKS
Buy lamb steaks if you can -- though if you want to tack a bit, duck breasts also work quite well. While the garlic is poaching in its pan, fry the steaks in a scant amount of olive oil until they are flavor-sealed and heat-darkened outside, but still juicily tender within. At this stage, slosh in the contents of the simmering pan. Add the juice of the half-zested orange and a slug of Marsala (though sherry, brandy or any wine you have open will do), along with some leaves stripped from thyme sprigs. Let everything bubble away a little, the sauce lapping the meat in the pan, before removing the steaks and reducing the liquid until it is a gorgeous, savory, shiny syrup.
Provided by Nigella Lawson
Categories dinner, easy, quick, main course
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In small saucepan, combine garlic, zest and 3/4 cup water. Turn heat to high. When mixture boils, lower to simmer, and cook until garlic is tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Season lamb with salt and pepper to taste. Place a large sauté pan over medium-high heat, and add olive oil. When oil is hot, add lamb, and sear about 2 minutes a side. Reduce heat to low, and cook 5 minutes longer.
- Add garlic and its liquid, orange juice, Marsala and thyme. When liquid begins to simmer, transfer steaks to warm serving plate with slotted spatula. Raise heat to medium-high, and reduce sauce until it is syrupy, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour sauce and garlic over lamb, and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 430, UnsaturatedFat 17 grams, Carbohydrate 10 grams, Fat 32 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 23 grams, SaturatedFat 13 grams, Sodium 550 milligrams, Sugar 5 grams
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