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Icelandic Breaded Lamb Chops with Spiced Red Cabbage
by Rick Stein from Rick Stein’s Long Weekends
Easy
Serves 8
Enjoy Rick Stein’s Breaded Lamb Chops with Spiced Red Cabbage this weekend for an indulgent, delicious treat. This simple recipe produces beautifully tender lamb coated in crisp breadcrumbs and a healthy serving of warmly spiced red cabbage. Perfect for Autumn and Winter evenings.
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Introduction
I don’t know why, but until I went to Iceland I had never considered cooking lamb chops in breadcrumbs. There it’s almost the most common way of preparing them. This dish is particularly lovely when made with tender, best end chops. The lamb is gently cooked in clarified butter in a pan, and the essential accompaniment is a special spiced red cabbage, using fresh blueberries and bramble jelly as well as apple, onion, vinegar and sugar. Serve with boiled potatoes rolled in melted butter and sprinkled with chopped parsley.
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Ingredients
| For the lamb chops: | |
|---|---|
| 8 | large best end chops |
| Salt and freshly ground black pepper | |
| Plain flour, for coating | |
| 2 | eggs, beaten |
| 100g | dried white breadcrumbs |
| 60g | clarified butter, for frying |
| 2 tbsp | vegetable/rapeseed oil |
| For the spiced red cabbage: | |
| 1 | large onion, sliced |
| 60g | butter |
| 1 | red cabbage (around 750g–1kg), finely shredded |
| 1 | large Bramley apple, peeled, cored and chopped |
| 50ml | red wine vinegar |
| 60g | fresh blueberries |
| 2 tbsp | dark brown sugar |
| 4 tbsp | bramble jelly or jam, or redcurrant jelly |
| 3 | cloves |
| 5 cm | cinnamon stick |
| 1 1/2 tsp | salt |
| 20 | turns black peppermill |
| 125ml | water |
Method
First make the spiced cabbage. In a large saucepan over medium heat, sweat the onion in the butter for 5 to 10 minutes. Add the shredded cabbage, cook for 2 minutes, then add the apple, vinegar, blueberries, brown sugar, jelly or jam, cloves, cinnamon stick, salt, pepper and water. Cover with a well-fitting lid and cook until softened, about an hour. After 45 minutes, check the liquid and, if it is drying out, add a splash more. If there is a lot of liquid in the pan, remove the lid and evaporate off the excess. Remove the cinnamon stick and cloves before serving.
Season the chops with salt and pepper. Toss in plain flour, then dip in beaten egg and finish by coating all over with breadcrumbs. Heat the butter and oil in a large frying pan until hot, then fry the chops until golden all over and cooked through, about 7 to 8 minutes per side.
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