Lamb Chop with Summer Beans Cassoulet

This recipe was originally from The French Laundry Cookbook by Thomas Keller, and cooked & modified by Xin on May 25th, 2020

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Beans Cassoulet

Ingredients: (makes 4 servings)

3 tbs dry beans, any kinds or a mix to your favorite, soak overnight in water 2 cups of mixed fresh summer beans, some good examples are green beans and/or yellow wax beans (cut into 1-inch pieces), peeled fava beans, soybeans. Any kinds you may find from farmers market.2 tbs chopped carrot2 tbs chopped leek2 tbs chopped white onion2 tbs chopped tomato diamonds 1/2 cup chicken stock 1 cup water1 teaspoon unsalted butter

Directions:

Boil the soaked dry beans in water for 10 minutes, screen out and discard any skins or beans that raised to the top. Drain.

Combine the boiled beans, chicken stock, water, carrot, leek and onion in a pot, bring to simmer for 1 hour. ( In the meanwhile, start to cook the lamb, see directions below)

Stir in butter and then add the fresh beans and tomato, cover and cook for 2 minutes. Turn the heat to high and boil until almost all liquid has evaporated (almost dry but not yet), remove from the heat and add salt and pepper to taste.

Lamb Chops

Ingredients: (makes 4 servings)

4 lamb chops, trim off and reserve extra fatSalt and petter1 tbs unsalted butter2 tbs fresh thyme 3 cloves garlic, minced1 sprig rosemary

Directions:

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Preheat the oven to 375°F.

Wrap the bones with aluminum foil to protect them from burning. Tie and shape the lamb chops with kitchen twine. Season with salt and pepper.

Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add the trimmed-off lamb fat, stir occasionally until the fat melt to liquid oil. Discard the solid.

Bring the heat to medium high, add the lamb chops and sauté for 1 minute, then add butter, garlic and thyme, continuously scoop the aromatic liquid over the lamb as it cooks until the lamb is golden brown. Flip over to cook all sides.

Put the pan into oven for 5 minutes (depends on the thickness of the lamb chops). Remove from the oven and set aside.

To complete: Place a lamb chop and the bean cassoulet like shows in the picture, decorate with rosemary leaves. Enjoy~

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