Lamb Chops with Roasted Potatoes

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Lamb is something of a rarity here in Germany!! I do not know why, but this meat is hard to find. We had a pleasant surprise on Saturday when we saw these chops staring at us in E-centre. Without any hesitation we got half a kilo to try it out the first time!!!

                            Good Housekeeping magazine was a part of my life in Bangalore. I love all their articles..home keeping, creativity, ideas, stories, recipes...There was nothing that I didn't like to read. I have the entire collection right from the time they began publishing in India in 2004, except for now...... So the first  thing I did, when I knew we would be moving, was to lovingly go through each magazine and pick out those with recipes I could prepare here in Germany... So our lunch on Sunday was Lamb Chops with Roasted Potatoes from Good Housekeeping.

Ingredients :

1. 500 gms potatoes, cut into fingers
2. 2 tbsp extra-virgn olive oil
3. 15-16 fresh sage leaves or sprigs of rosemary or 1 tsp dried rosemary
4. 1 and a half cups chicken stock(made with stock cubes)
5. 1 tbsp grainy mustard sauce
6. 500 gms lamb chops
7. 1 tbsp soy sauce
8. 1 tbsp butter
9. 3 tbsp minced spring onion
10. 2 tbsp parsley or coriander chopped
11. half tsp lemon juice
12. half tsp Worcestershire sauce
13. salt to taste

• Heat oven to 230 deg. Toss potatoes with 1/2 tsp oil, sage and salt in a shallow pan. Roast 25 minutes, tossing occasionally until crisp and golden.(Or you can fry the potatoes).
• Meanwhile boil chicken stock in a saucepan, until stock is reduced to half cup, stir in mustard sauce, reserve.
• Rub chops with soy sauce and half tbsp oil.

• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a non stick pan; add butter, swirling pan to coat it. Add chops one by one; sear on each side until cooked on medium heat. Set aside.
• Saute spring onion with drippings in pan till translucent. Pour stock, parsley, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce. Return chops to pan to coat. Serve with Roasted potatoes.

Note :- Pictured above also is a warm mushroom salad