Champagne Lamb Chops And Apples

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 thick lamb chops
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons mango jam
• 750 ml champagne
• 2 apples, julienned
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 dash all purpose greek seasoning
• 1 dash nutmeg
• 6 walnuts, shelled and roughly chopped

Recipe

• 1 season lamb chops with salt and pepper.
• 2 put olive oil in a deep skilled and heat.
• 3 brown both sides of the lamb chops 4-5 minutes each side.
• 4 when browned pour out any juices and put lamb chops back in the skillet.
• 5 this next step might kill you but take a chug of your champagne and then pour it into the skillet until it's just about 3/4 of the way up the chops. mix in mango jam.
• 6 reduce heat and cover (vent the top a bit) and cook for 35-45 minutes or until cooked through.
• 7 remove the chops and set aside (keep warmed).
• 8 mix into the liquid, honey, nutmeg, butter and apples and boil until reduced and thickened (it's going to looked more like glazed apples than a sauce)
• 9 add chopped walnuts, stir around to glaze them, and pull off the stove before it over cooks.
• 10 we served with saffron rice - apples are good on top of the lamb!