Crispy Lamb Spare Ribs With Honey Crème Fraîche And Chopped Pea Salad Food

CRISPY RACK OF LAMB WITH HONEY AND MASCARPONE

Steps:

• For the lamb: Place an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Place a grill pan over medium-high heat or preheat a gas or charcoal grill.
• Drizzle the olive oil on both sides of the lamb. Season with salt, pepper and herbs de Provence. Grill the lamb for 5 minutes on each side until brown. Place the lamb in a shallow roasting pan or baking sheet and roast for 25 minutes for medium-rare. Allow the lamb to rest for 10 minutes before slicing.
• For the sauce: In a small bowl, combine the creme fraiche, honey, cumin, and mint. Add the mascarpone cheese and stir until just combined. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Cut the lamb between the bones into individual chops and serve with the sauce.

CRISPY LAMB SPARE RIBS WITH HONEY CRèME FRAîCHE AND CHOPPED PEA SALAD

Steps:

• Make sauce
• In medium bowl, whisk together crème frîache, honey, cumin, coriander, salt, and pepper. Sauce can be made up to four hours in advance, covered, and refrigerated until ready to use.
• Braise lamb ribs
• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Pat ribs dry and sprinkle with salt and pepper. In heavy large sauté pan over moderately high heat, heat olive oil until hot but not smoking. Working in batches, sear ribs until golden brown, 4 1/2 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer ribs as done to platter; do not wash pan.
• In same pan, combine onions, carrots, celery, garlic, and rosemary. Sauté, stirring often, until soft, about 15 minutes. Add red wine and bring to boil. Lower heat to moderate and continue simmering until reduced by about 10 percent, about 3 minutes. Add stock and bring to simmer. Return ribs to pan, cover, and braise in oven until desired doneness (125°F for medium-rare, about 1 hour). Transfer ribs to cutting board and let stand 15 minutes. Lower oven to 125°F.
• While ribs are braising, make salad
• Have ready large bowl ice water. In medium saucepan over high heat, bring salted water to boil. Add peas and boil, uncovered, until tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain in colander, then immediately plunge colander into ice water to stop cooking. Drain again. Coarsely chop, transfer to medium bowl, add onion, and toss to combine.
• In small bowl, whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Drizzle over pea-onion mixture and toss to combine.
• Finish ribs and serve
• In heavy large sauté pan, heat vegetable oil until hot but not smoking. Cut racks into individual ribs.
• In medium bowl, whisk together flour, semolina, and Parmigiano-Reggiano.
• Working in batches of 6, dredge ribs in flour mixture and fry until golden and crisp, 2 to 2 1/2 minutes per side. Transfer as done to paper towel-lined plate. Keep warm in oven while frying remaining batches.
• Ladle sauce into middle of large platter. Pile ribs on top, then top with salad. Sprinkle with cumin, coriander, and salt and serve immediately.

LAMB SPARERIBS

Steps:

• Whisk together 3/4 cups vinegar and olive oil; brush over all sides of ribs and season with salt. Add garlic and rosemary to vinegar and oil. Place ribs in recloseable plastic bag and pour vinegar and oil mixture over, seal bag and massage marinade into meat.
• Refrigerate for at least 6 hours or overnight.
• Thouroughly mix remaining 1/2 cup vinegar with honey and set aside.
• Arrange ribs on a rack in a shallow roasting pan and cook in a 325f degree oven for 1 1/2 hours turning once.
• During the last half hour baste frequently with reserved honey mixture.
• Cut into 2 or 3 rib portions.

ROASTED HONEY-GLAZED SPARERIBS

Steps:

• Make marinade:.
• With flat side of a large knife smash garlic.
• In a small saucepan heat brown sugar, honey, and vinegar over moderate heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved.
• Remove pan from heat and stir in garlic and remaining marinade ingredients until combined well.
• Cool marinade to room temperature.
• Fold up spareribs and fit into two 1-gallon heavy-duty sealable plastic bags.
• Divide marinade between bags and seal bags, pressing out excess air.
• Marinate ribs in bags in a large roasting pan, chilled, turning them once, for 1 day.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Open bags and, holding ribs in bags, pour marinade into a saucepan.
• Discard garlic.
• Simmer marinade until reduced to about 1 cup.
• Pour 1 cup marinade into a bowl and reserve as sauce for serving with ribs (remainder will be used for basting ribs).
• Arrange ribs, overlapping slightly, in 2 large roasting pans and roast in upper and lower thirds of oven 30 minutes.
• With tongs turn ribs over so they will brown evenly.
• Roast ribs 30 minutes more and with tongs turn them over.
• Switch position of pans in oven and baste ribs with some of remaining marinade in saucepan.
• Roast ribs 30 minutes and with tongs turn them over.
• Brush ribs with remaining marinade in saucepan and roast 30 minutes more, or until meat is very tender.
• Ribs may be made 30 minutes ahead and kept, tightly covered with foil, at room temperature.
• Transfer ribs to a cutting board and cut apart between bones.
• Serve ribs with reserved sauce.