Grilled Port and Rosemary Marinated Lamb Chops
From: Hope, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
Comments: These delicious lamb chops really are an outdoor barbecue recipe, but can also be grilled onto a small electric indoor barbecue grill.
Try serving these along with some leek mashed potatoes, sauteed cherry tomatoes and Port wine mushroom sauce.
Servings: 4
IngredientsPreparation
  • 1/4 cup [60 mL] frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] mild French mustard
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons [45 mL] Port wine
  • Juice of 1/2 a lemon
  • 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon [5 mL] grossly crushed black peppercorns
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] freshly chopped rosemary
  • 8 to 10 lamb chops, cleaned leaving just a little fat all around [1 1/2 to 2 pounds - 680 g to 1 kg]
  • Into a large shallow glass dish, whip together thawed apple juice concentrate, mild French mustard, olive oil, Port wine, lemon juice, finely chopped garlic, crushed black peppercorns and freshly chopped rosemary.
  • Arrange lamb chops side-by-side into the dish, turning to well coat chops with marinade.
  • Cover dish with plastic wrap; refrigerate and leave to marinate for 2 to 4 hours, turning chops from time to time.
  • I usually leave these chops to marinate for 2 1/2 hours, turning them every 30 minutes.
  • Preheat a gaz barbecue to medium-high intensity, or an indoor electric barbecue for at least 15 minutes on high.
  • Reserving marinade, arrange chops over oiled or not [non-stick rack] barbecue rack [if using an indoor barbecue, pour just a little water over the bottom of underneath part of barbecue].
  • Barbecue lamb chops for 4 to 5 minutes on each side, until golden on the outside yet still pinkish on the inside or until done to taste, brushing chops with reserved marinade at half-time.
  • Barbecue 3/4-inch [2-cm] thick lamb chops for approximately 5 to 6 minutes on each side.