Herb Crusted Rack of Lamb
Ingredients
- 2 x French-trimmed 7-bone racks of lamb , (caps, fat and sinews removed)
- olive oil
- unsalted butter
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 100 g shelled pistachios
- 1 bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley , (30g)
- 75 g bread
- 1 whole nutmeg , for grating
- Dijon mustard
- GREEN BEANS
- 350 g fine green beans
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- extra virgin olive oil
- ½ a lemon
- 3 sprigs of fresh tarragon
Method
- Get your meat out of the fridge and up to room temperature before you cook it. Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4.
- Drizzle the lamb racks with olive oil and sprinkle generously with sea salt and black pepper, patting the seasoning all over the meat.
- Sear in a hot frying pan on a high heat with a little extra oil and 1 knob of butter for 2 to 3 minutes, turning with tongs until golden all over, then remove the racks to a roasting tray and let them cool.
- Peel 2 cloves of garlic and place in a food processor with the pistachios and parsley (stalks and all). Tear in the bread, finely grate in half the nutmeg and blitz into a fine green crumb.
- Generously brush each lamb rack with mustard, then cover with the herby crumb, patting it all over the top and sides.
- Roast for 25 minutes, until the crust is crisp, to give you beautifully blushing lamb. Remove from the oven and leave the lamb to rest for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, trim just the stalk ends off the green beans and cook for 6 to 7 minutes in a pan of boiling salted water.
- Crush the remaining unpeeled clove of garlic through a garlic crusher into a jar and mix with 1 teaspoon of mustard, the vinegar, 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and the lemon juice, then taste and season to perfection.
- Finely chop and add the tarragon leaves. Drain the beans and toss with the dressing. Carve up the lamb and serve with the dressed green beans