Lamb Chops with Mint and Green Pea Couscous

Ingredients

• Lamb Chops

  • 1/4 cup (60 ml) olive oil
  • 3 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
  • 1 lemon, zest finely grated and juiced
  • 12 lamb chops, fat removed 

  • 1/4 cup (40 g) unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 egg, beaten 

  • 3/4 cup (100 g) unsalted shelled pistachios, finely chopped in a food processor
  • 3 tbsp (45 ml) olive oil

• Couscous

  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 3 tbsp (45 ml) olive oil
  • 1 cup (150 g) frozen peas, thawed
  • 1 1/2 cups (300 g) couscous
  • 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) chicken broth, boiling
  • 3 tbsp fresh mint, finely chopped

• Lemon Mint Emulsion

  • 1/3 cup (75 ml) olive oil
  • 1 tbsp (15 ml) lemon juice
  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp fresh mint, finely chopped