Richard's Italian Stuffed Lamb Chops

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 4 lamb chops (thin chops two for each serving)
• 1/4 cup italian seasoned breadcrumbs
• 1/2 lb italian sausage
• 2 ounces ham (thin sliced deli ham 3 slices)
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese
• 3 garlic cloves (minced)
• salt and pepper (to taste)
• cotton string
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup onion (chopped)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup cooking sherry

Recipe

• 1 preheat to 350°f.
• 2 rinse lamb chops.
• 3 pat dry and place on cutting board and set aside.
• 4 cut casing off sausage.
• 5 in a bowl, mix bread crumbs, chopped ham, mozzarella and sausage into a big meatball.
• 6 cut meatball in half.
• 7 place one half on two of the lamb chops.
• 8 place other two lamb chops on top like a sandwich.
• 9 tie together very tight and push stuffing inside the chops.
• 10 in a skillet on med high add oil and allow to heat up.
• 11 pat chops dry and place in skillet, careful not to let the strings stick.
• 12 brown on both sides then set inside a roasting pan.
• 13 in the lamb chop skillet add chicken broth, onions, butter and sherry stir for 6-8 minutes.
• 14 pour over stuffed chops cover and bake for 1 hour.
• 15 remove string before serving and drizzle with pan sauce.