Grilled Lamb Porterhouse with Fig-Cascabel Sauce
- 8 lamb porterhouse chops, 4 to 5 ounces each
- 2 tablespoons pure olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Fig-Cascabel Sauce, recipe follows
- Flat-leaf parsley leaves, for garnish
- 1 cup chopped dried figs
- 1 1/2 cups red wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup port wine
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup cascabel chile puree
- 4 cups chicken stock
- Touch of honey
- Heat grill to high or heat a grill pan over high heat.
- Brush chops on both sides with the oil and season with salt and pepper.
- Place the chops on the grill or grill pan and cook until golden brown and slightly charred, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Turn over the chops and continue grilling to medium doneness, about 2 to 3 minutes longer.
- Ladle some of the sauce into the center of each dinner plate.
- Place 2 chops per order in the center of the sauce and drizzle the edges of the meat with some more of the sauce.
- Garnish with parsley leaves.
- Place figs in a bowl, cover with boiling water and let sit until softened, approximately 30 minutes.
- Place the softened figs in a food processor with 1/2 cup of the soaking liquid and process until smooth.
- Combine the vinegar and port wine in a medium nonreactive saucepan and reduce by half over high heat.
- Add the sugar, orange juice, and fig puree and reduce by half again, stirring occasionally.
- Combine the chile puree and chicken stock in another saucepan and reduce by half over high heat.
- Add the reduced vinegar-fig mixture to the chicken stock mixture along with a touch of honey and reduce by half again, stirring occasionally.
- Strain the mixture into a clean medium saucepan and reduce to a sauce consistency.
chops, olive oil, salt, parsley, red wine vinegar, port wine, sugar, orange juice, chile puree, chicken stock, honey
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/grilled-lamb-porterhouse-with-fig-cascabel-sauce-recipe.html (may not work)