Wood Oven Roasted Lamb Chops With Red Onion Marmalade And Celery Root Puree

Serves: 2

Fatima Kris

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

45

Spice

46

Sweetness

54

Sourness

40

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.9

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 cups

Milk

Directions:

1

Pound garlic, shallot, black peppercorns, lavender, olive oil, and pomegranate molasses in a mortar and pestle to form a rough paste

2

Rub paste onto lamb chops and allow to rest, covered, at room temperature for 1 1/2 hours or in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours

3

Allow meat to return to room temperature before cooking

4

Combine onions, salt, pepper, and olive oil in a heavy saute pan and cook, stirring frequently, over medium heat until the onions begin to soften

5

Add vinegars

6

Cover surface of onions with a disk of parchment paper and cover pan with a tight fitting lid

7

Reduce heat to very low and allow to cook undisturbed for 1 hour

8

Check seasoning and keep warm

9

Combine celery root and milk in a saucepan

10

Bring to a simmer, partially covered, and simmer until tender, approximately 30 minutes

11

Using a slotted spoon, remove celery root from pan and put through the fine disk of a food mill

12

Beat in the salt, pepper, and olive oil

13

Use leftover cooking liquid as necessary to adjust consistency

14

Keep warm

15

Final assembly: Scrape excess marinade from the lamb chops and season with sea salt

16

Roast chops in a wood fired oven or grill over a hot charcoal fire to your desired degree of doneness

17

Mound 1/4 of the puree in the center of each of 4 warm plates

18

Lean 2 chops against each mound and put a portion of onion marmalade on the plate near them

19

Garnish with a few pomegranate seeds