March 26, 2012 Dinner - Grilled Lamb Chops with Asparagus and Roasted Potatoes and Fresh Green Peas

March 26, 2012 Dinner -  Grilled Lamb Chops with Asparagus and Roasted Potatoes and Fresh Green Peas

Suzette did a meat run to Costco on Sunday and purchased a package of 8 lamb chops and pork tender and two chickens.  On Sunday evening we roasted one of the Chickens and roasted the potatoes and blanched the fresh green peas we had purchased at Trader Joe’s. 

On Monday evening I made a Mint Sauce, adjusting a recipe from the “Joy of Cooking” (Sugar, water to make syrup, then adding chopped mint and apple cider vinegar to taste).  Suzette basted the lamb chops with the mint sauce and grilled them to rare while I heated the PPI Potatoes and Green Pea medley and steamed the asparagus.  We plated two chops and the vegetables and drank the rest of an open bottle of D’Aquino Chianti Riserva 2006 from Trader Joe’s ($5.99?). A simple meal, but the fresh lamb was delicious with the potatoes and peas and asparagus.

Sometimes simplicity is deceptively pleasant.

Cognac mixed with Cointreau along with French chocolate Truffles after dinner capped off the food experience.

Bon Appétit