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Broiled Lamb Chops with Walnut and Mint Gremolata
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Lamb is a staple in the Mediterranean diet, which Anahad uses as a reference point in many of our discussions about healthful eating, so it is only appropriate to include a lamb recipe or two. Gremolata is traditionally made with just lemon zest, parsley, and garlic. It is normally used to finish classic osso buco. So this is somewhat of a bastardization, but the addition of almonds makes for some nice texture, and the mint is a better pairing for lamb than the traditional parsley.
Yield : Serves 4
Ingredients
For the Lamb chops:
- 4 shoulder lamb chops (about 12 ounces each)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
For the Gremolata:
- 1 cup raw walnuts
- Leaves from 1 bunch of fresh mint, finely chopped
- Grated zest of 1 lemon
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Directions
Preheat the broiler to high and adjust the oven rack so that it is about 6 inches from the broiler element.
Season the lamb chops generously with salt and pepper and evenly rub the olive oil over the meat. Place the lamb chops on a broiler pan and cook for 6 to 7 minutes per side for medium.
While the lamb is cooking, make the gremolata: Use a food processor to chop the walnuts to the consistency of very coarse sand. Transfer the ground walnuts to a large mixing bowl and mix in the remaining ingredients.
Top each lamb chop with a good sprinkling of the gremolata and serve.
© 2010 Dave Lieberman and Anahad O?Connor
Note from Cookstr's Editors
Nutritional information includes 1/8 teaspoon of added salt per serving.
Nutritional Information
Nutrients per serving
1028 kcal
756 mg
5 g
2 g
89 g
0 g
29 g
36 g
18 g
201 mg
1 g
52 g
107 mg
846 mg
1 % daily value
4 % daily value
9 % daily value
37 % daily value
