New Zealand Baby Lamb Chops

Ingredients

• x New Zealand baby single-rib Lamb chops wholly frenched to the eye - (abt 2 lbs)
  12 unit
• x garlic clove halved crosswise
  1 unit
• crumbled dried thyme
  1/2 tsp
• Freshly-ground white pepper to taste
  1 unit
• white-wine vinegar
  1/3 cup
• Sugar
  1/4 cup
• minced fresh mint leaves plus
  1/4 cup
• minced fresh mint leaves
  1 tsp
• salt to taste
  1 unit
• Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
  1 unit