Mutton chops with Greek salad
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Ingredients
Chops
- vegetable oil, for frying
- sea salt
Sauce (optional)
- 1kg lamb bones , or mutton bones, with trimmings (ask your butcher)
- 1 onion , roughly chopped
- 1 carrot , roughly chopped
- 4 garlic cloves , bashed
- 2 sprigs of rosemary
- 250ml of white wine
- 2l chicken stock, good quality
Salad
- 2 large tomatoes , ideally bull’s heart tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 2 small cucumbers , ridged, deseeded and roughly chopped
- 1 red onion, sliced
- 1 handful of black olives
- 1 pinch of dried oregano, large
- 150g of feta , ideally barrel-aged
- extra virgin olive oil
- moscatel vinegar
- sea salt
Method
If you’re making the sauce, begin with this. Place a large, heavy-bottomed pan over a high heat and add the bones and trimmings. Cook until nicely coloured and golden all over, then remove from the pan and set aside. Turn down the heat, add the vegetables, garlic and rosemary with a pinch of salt, then cover. Cook, stirring regularly, until everything is very soft and sweet (a little colouring is fine)
- 1kg lamb bones , or mutton bones, with trimmings (ask your butcher)
- 1 onion , roughly chopped
- 1 carrot , roughly chopped
- 4 garlic cloves , bashed
- 2 sprigs of rosemary
Return the bones to the pan and add the white wine. Bring to a simmer, cook for 5 minutes to burn off the alcohol and reduce a little, then pour in the chicken stock. Bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 1 hour
- 250ml of white wine
- 2l chicken stock, good quality
After 1 hour, pass the liquid through a fine sieve into a clean pan, discarding the solids. Place the sauce back over a medium heat and leave to reduce until it begins to coat the back of a spoon. At this point you can chill the sauce and reheat before serving
For the salad, place the tomatoes, cucumber, red onion and olives in a bowl and season liberally with salt. Add the oregano, toss to combine, then dress liberally with plenty of vinegar and olive oil. Set aside for around 30 minutes to allow the flavours to mingle
- 2 large tomatoes , ideally bull’s heart tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 2 small cucumbers , ridged, deseeded and roughly chopped
- 1 red onion, sliced
- 1 handful of black olives
- sea salt
- extra virgin olive oil
- moscatel vinegar
- 1 pinch of dried oregano, large
Ensure the chops are at room temperature before cooking them. Place a pan over a medium heat and add a small drizzle of oil. Season the mutton chops well with salt, then place them vertically fat-side down in the pan and cook, moving the chops around regularly, until the fat has rendered out into the pan and it has turned golden brown
- vegetable oil, for frying
- sea salt
Turn up the heat and fry the lamb for about 2 minutes on each side until well caramelised, then leave to rest (pouring over any fat left in the pan) for around 5 minutes
Meanwhile, check the salad for seasoning and adjust if necessary. Reheat the sauce if needed
To serve, add some Greek salad to each plate and place the chops alongside. Finish with some crumbled feta and spoon the sauce over the meat
- 150g of feta , ideally barrel-aged
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Mutton chops with Greek salad
