Pan-seared lamb chops with a hint of coffee and cumin

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Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup freshly ground coffee
  • 1-1/2 tablespoons whole cumin seeds (or ground cumin)
  • 1-1/2 tablespoons chili powder
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 lamb loin chops, about 140 – 170 gr. each
  • canola oil

Method

  1. Make the coffee cumin rub.
  2. Combine coffee, cumin seeds, chili powder, cinnamon and some salt and pepper in a bowl.
  3. Set aside.
  4. Brush the lamb chops with canola oil and season with salt and pepper.
  5. Spread the coffee cumin rub in a baking pan or on a platter.
  6. Press both sides of each lamb chop into the rub.
  7. Set aside for 20 – 60′.
  8. Heat 2 tablespoons of canola oil in a large, lidded skillet over medium-high flame.
  9. Give the pan a couple of minutes to get good and hot.
  10. Transfer lamb chops to the pan and cook until well seared on one side, about 4′.
  11. Turn chops and reduce heat to medium.
  12. Let the chops cook for 2′, then cover the pan and turn off the heat.
  13. Let the pan sit for 5′.
  14. The chops will continue to cook, becoming medium rare. Τhis method of finishing them will also make them moist and tender.
  15. Plate chops and serve.
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