Recipe: Roast Rack of Lamb

Name: Carré d'agneau rôti
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 760 min
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 2 carrés d'agneau (comptez 2 ou 3 côtes par personne) de 550 à 600 g. Demandez à votre boucher de les «manchonner (4 cm environ) et de les détalonner (pour en faciliter la découpe); 1 grande cuiller pleine de moutarde de Meaux; 1 cuiller à soupe de romarin mélangé avec un peu de sarriette; sel, poivre du moulin et huile d'olives; Purée d'avocat :; 2 avocats bien mûrs évidés puis la chair mixée avec le jus d'1 demi-citron; sel fin; 1 gousse d'ail dégermée et hachée; un peu de piment d'Espelette ou de poivre de Cayenne

By chef patrick Asfaux ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9/5 (17 reviews) Meat

Prep 30 min

Cook 10 min

Rest 12h

Total 12h40

Servings 4 serv.

Ingredients for 4 servings

Roast rack of lamb recipe for 4 people :

2 French trimmed racks of lamb of 500-600g each
1 tbs Meaux mustard
1 tbs Fresh rosemary
1 tsp Fresh summer savoury
some olive oilsalt and pepper

Avocado pure :

2 ripe avocado, peeled and pitted. mashed with the juice of 1/2 a lemon
some table salt
1 clove of garlic, crushed and finely chopped
some cayenne pepper

Step-by-step directions

On the eve of your meal

Place your racks of lamb on a tray and season them with salt and pepper, a drizzle of olive oil and the herbs. Wrap them with some cling film and place them in the fridge over night.

On the day

1 30 minutes before your meal, start your grill.

2 Place your racks of lamb on a roasting tray and coat them with some mustard. Place them under the grill meat side up. Cook for 6 minutes or a little more if your racks are a bit thick.

3 Add a couple of spoons of water on the tray and cover your racks with some tin foil, leave them under the grill, switched off, for 10 to 20 minutes.

4 Mix all the ingredients for the avocado pure together and heat it up slowly in a sauce pan.

Arrangements

Carve your racks of lamb and place 2 or 3 cutlets on each plates. Spoon a bit of the cooking juice around the plate and finish with 2 spoons of avocado pure.

Here are some basic notions about lamb :

milk-fed lamb

animal between 50 to 60 days old weighing 6 to 11kg (nearly unavailable in the UK and US where it is considered uneconomic)

spring lamb

animal between 90 and 110 days old and weighing 13 to 20kg

Lamb

animal 95 to 130 days old weighing 20 to 30kg

mutton

male or ewes, castrated, over a year old which can have a quite strong taste.