Chuletas de Cordero a la Parrilla

IN THE FOLDS OF THE GREEN HILLS OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY THE STREAMS ARE LINED WITH OLD APPLE TREES, LICHEN WRAPPED AROUND THEIR GNARLED BRANCHES. THESE TREES WITNESSED SPAIN’S GOLDEN AGE OF CIDER IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY WHEN APPLE TREES COVERED THE COUNTRYSIDE AND THE SHARP, SLIGHTLY YEASTY AND OXIDISED CIDER FLOWED OUT FROM THE HILLTOP VILLAGES WHERE IT WAS MADE, ACROSS THE BASQUE COUNTRY, INTO THE SURROUNDING REGIONS AND ACROSS SPAIN. THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR AND THE HARD YEARS UNDER FRANCO