SATURDAY SCOOPS
Treat your sweetie to dinner chez vous
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Made those Valentine's Day restaurant reservations yet? Woo hoo if you have! Boo hoo if you haven't!
For those of you in the latter category, here's a special (and quick) dinner entree that you and your sweetie can feel passionate about. The Washington Post's Marcia Kramer submits this recipe adapted from "The Simpler the Better," by Leslie Revsin (Wiley & Sons, 2005).
LAMB CHOPS WITH MINT PESTO
Season the lamb chops with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
Position an oven rack so that a broiler pan placed on it would be 4 inches from the heating element. Preheat the broiler.
Drop the garlic clove through the feed tube of a food processor while the motor is running. Add the mint, Parmesan cheese and pine nuts and process until finely chopped. With the motor running, gradually add the oil and salt and pepper to taste. Transfer to a serving bowl.
Lightly coat the broiling pan rack with nonstick spray oil. Broil the lamb chops for 4 to 5 minutes on one side, then turn and broil an additional 4 to 5 minutes (for medium-rare). Serve immediately with a dollop of pesto on top of each.
