Free Recipe Lamb En Croute with Mint Pesto
Recipe Type: M Recipes
Recipe Preparation: bake
Cooking Temperature:
Recipe Serves: 1
Ingredients for Lamb En Croute with Mint Pesto Recipe
12 Lamb chops, 1 thick
1 Pack (17oz) defrosted frozen
Puff pastry
Mint Pesto:
1 c Fresh mint leaves
1 Garlic clove
1/4 c Olive oil
1/2 ts Salt
1 Egg yolk, beaten
Fresh mint (for garnish)
Lamb En Croute with Mint Pesto Preparation
To prepare chops: Cut lamb tenderloins from bones & trim all fat. (Save bones & meat scraps for soup.) Roll out puff pastry into rectangle 1/8 thick. Trim edges so they are straight & reserve scraps. Cut pastry into 12 rectangles, each large enough to enclose a lamb medallion. To make pesto: Place mint, garlic, oil & salt in bowl of food processor & puree. To assemble: Place 1 piece lamb at bottom of each rectangle & top with 1 heaping Tbls. pesto. Fold dough over to enclose lamb & crimp edges tightly. Cut out 24 mint-leaf shapes from scraps of dough. Affix 2 leaves with beaten egg to top of each dough package. Brush each pack lightly with beaten egg & place on baking sheet. Bake at 425 until meat is done & pastry is golden brown, about 10 minutes for rare, 15 minutes for med rare. If you want well done, reduce oven temperature to 350 after 5 minutes & bake 15 minutes more. Garnish with mint leaves. Chops: File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmkah001.zip
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