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Lamb Chops with Goat Cheese Crust

Servings: 4

The flavors of lamb and goat cheese combine brilliantly.




Ingredients: (for the lamb)
 
4 tablespoons bread crumbs
 
1 tablespoon butter, softened
 
2 racks of lamb, cut into double chops (3 or 4 chops per person, see note)
 
2 tablespoons Peter Paul Virgin Coconut Oil for sauteing
 
4 tablespoons powdered mustard
 
Salt and pepper to taste
 
8 ounces goat cheese at room temperature
(for the potatoes and vegetables)
 
1/4 cup Peter Paul Virgin Coconut Oil
 
1 1/2 cups julienned pumpkin
 
1 1/2 cups sliced onion
 
1 1/2 cups julienned green bell pepper
 
1 1/2 cups julienned zucchini
 
1 1/2 cups julienned celery stalks
 
1 1/2 cups julienned carrots
 
1 1/2 cups sliced mushrooms
 
1 1/2 cups sliced onion
 
1 1/2 cups diced tomatoes
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1 1/2 cups purple potatoes cut into batons, blanched and fried in Peter Paul Virgin Coconut Oil
 
2 tablespoons butter, unsalted
 
Salt and pepper, to taste
(for the glaze)
 
1 cup lamb broth, reduced to one third, strained
 
Watercress leaves, as garnish

Instructions:
(to prepare the lamb)

Place the bread crumbs and the butter in a bowl and mix well.

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Preheat oven to 400 F. Season lamb chops with salt and pepper. Pour the Peter Paul Virgin Coconut Oil l into a very hot skillet and sear each portion on either side. Brush mustard onto lamb chop, using a spatula, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover with a light coating of goat cheese and finish by coating lightly with bread crumbs and butter. Oven roast for 10 to 15 minutes. The lamb should be pink in the center.

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Remove from oven, place on a serving platter and keep hot. Heat the glaze.
(to prepare potatoes and vegetables)

Place Peter Paul Virgin Coconut Oil and all vegetables in a saucepan and saute over medium heat, until slightly browned. Add the fried potatoes. Season to taste with butter, salt and pepper.

(to prepare potatoes and vegetables)

Place the vegetables and the fried potatoes in the center of each plate and top with lamb chops. Pour glaze over the lamb. Decorate with watercress.

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Note: Racks of lamb can be trimmed, or “frenched” by your butcher.

Source: Mark French, chef-owner of Mark’s at the Melia in Ponce, Puerto Rico.