Lamb Medallions With Chocolate-orange Sauce

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs lamb tenderloin
• salt
• pepper
• 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 teaspoon ginger, freshly grated
• 1 ounce bittersweet chocolate, chopped

Recipe

• 1 rinse the tenderloins under running water and dry well with paper towels. trim off any visible fat and silver skin.
• 2 cut the tenderloins into 1-inch slices and with the flat meat mallet, pound until 3/4 inch thick. sprinkle the slices with salt and pepper. you should have 24 to 28 slices total.
• 3 heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a heavy 12-inch skillet. add 6 to 7 of the lamb slices taking care to crowd or they will not brown properly. sear one side for 90 seconds or until brown. turn slices and sear repeat.
• 4 remove the cooked meat to a warm plate and cover to keep warm. repeat with additional slices.
• 5 after cooking and removing the second batch of meat, pour in orange juice and scrape up browned bits with a wooden spoon. pour orange juice mixture into a bowl and reserve.
• 6 pour the remaining 2 tablespoons oil into skillet and heat. repeat procedure for third and fourth batches of meat.
• 7 after removing the last batch of meat, return the orange juice to the skillet, scraping up any browned bits with a wooden spoon. boil the juice until thickened, approximately 3 to 5 minutes.
• 8 stir in the chocolate and ginger until smooth; add the lamb slices and heat through for 1 minute.
• 9 serve immediately.