Lamb Chops Braised In Wine

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 teaspoon dried sage, crumbled
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves, crumbled
• 1 teaspoon fresh garlic, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 4 lamb loin chops, very lean about 1-inch thick center-cut
• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3/4 cup dry wine
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 trim all visible fat from chops. combine first 5 ingredients and press into both sides of the lamb chops.
• 2 melt margarine with olive oil in a skillet over moderate heat. brown chops for 2 or 3 minutes on each side. when chops are golden brown, remove from the pan.
• 3 pour off all but a thin film of fat from the pan and add 1/2 cup of the wine and bring to a boil. replace lamb chops in the pan and cover reducing heat to the barest of simmers. baste chops occasionally with pan juices and cook for 25 to 30 minutes or until tender.
• 4 transfer lamb chops to a heated serving platter and keep warm. pour remaining wine into pan and boil briskly scraping browned bits from the bottom of the pan until sauce has reduced to a few tablespoons of syrupy glaze. remove pan from heat and stir in parsley.
• 5 pour sauce over the lamb chops and serve.