Garlic Dijon Grilled Rack Of Lamb Food

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Steps:

• 1 Bring the rack to room temperature (at least 30 minutes out of the refrigerator) before grilling. Trim some of the fat cap off the rack, leaving about 1/4 inch of fat on the rack.
• 1 In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, add wine, mustard, vinegar, honey, pepper and salt. Whisk to combine; bring to a boil. Lower heat and reduce by half. Cool slightly; brush liberally on the lamb rack. (If there is left over, brush on the rack as it cooks.)
• 1 In a large sauté pan over medium-high heat, add oil and bread crumbs. Stir, toasting until the bread crumbs brown. Season to taste with salt. 2 Preheat grill to medium-high. Grill the rack over medium-high heat, fat-side down. Once browned, flip the rack over and move to a cooler part of the grill. Grill to medium-rare (remove from heat when thermometer registers between 130°F and 135°F, or to desired doneness). Allow rack to rest, lightly covered, for at least 10 minutes before serving.

RACK OF LAMB DIJON

Steps:

• Mix bread crumbs with minced garlic, minced shallot and melted butter.
• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Sprinkle meat with ground white pepper and lightly salt.
• Sear rack in 2 Tbs hot oil, 30 seconds on each side to obtain color.
• Brush with mustard on meat side.
• Press bread crumb mixture firmly over mustard.
• Place on baking sheet, crumb side up.
• Bake until desired doneness, approximately 20 minutes for medium rare.
• Use a meat thermometer to insure that the rack is cooked to your liking.
• Remove from oven and let rest 5 minutes before slicing.

GARLIC-DIJON GRILLED RACK OF LAMB

Steps:

• Remove the racks from their wrappers. Pat dry with paper towels and set aside.
• In a mixing bowl combine mustard, garlic, oregano and rosemary. Brush the mixture on the racks.
• Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Cook the racks in a 375 deg. preheated oven for approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool.
• Once cooled, wrap the bones in foil to prevent burning.
• Place the racks on the barbeque and cook for approximately 15 minutes.

RACK OF LAMB

Steps:

• In the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade, process the salt, rosemary, and garlic until they're as finely minced as possible. Add the mustard and balsamic vinegar and process for 1 minute. Place the lamb in a roasting or sheet pan with the ribs curving down, and coat the tops with the mustard mixture. Allow to stand for 1 hour at room temperature.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Roast the lamb for exactly 20 minutes for rare or 25 minutes for medium-rare. Remove from the oven and cover with aluminum foil. Allow to sit for 15 minutes, then cut into individual ribs and serve.

MUSTARD CRUSTED RACK OF LAMB

Steps:

• Season rack of lamb well on all sides with salt and pepper. Heat a medium skillet over high heat and, when hot, add the oil. When the oil is almost smoking, add the rack of lamb and brown well on all sides, about 6 minutes. Transfer the lamb to a plate and set aside to cool slightly before proceeding.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Using the back of a spoon, spread the mustard evenly over all sides of the lamb. Spread the minced garlic over the lamb in the same manner.
• In a small mixing bowl combine the breadcrumbs and grated cheese and toss to thoroughly combine. Using your hands or a spoon, spread the breadcrumb mixture evenly all over the lamb, pressing so that the crumbs adhere to the meat.
• Place the rack of lamb on a baking sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes for medium-rare. Allow lamb to sit for 5 to 10 minutes before carving into chops to serve.
• Serve with some of the Fig Chutney, if desired.
• In a large saucepan combine the vinegar, sugar, onion, ginger, mustard seeds, lemon zest, cinnamon stick, salt, allspice, and cloves and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until mixture is thickened and reduced by 2/3, forming a thick syrup. Add the figs and cook gently until the figs are very soft and beginning to fall apart and most of the liquid they've given off has evaporated, about 30 minutes.
• Transfer the chutney to a non-reactive container and allow to come to room temperature before serving. The chutney may be made up to 3 weeks in advance and stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container. (Alternately, hot chutney may be ladled into hot sterilized canning jars and processed in a hot-water bath according to manufacturer's directions.)

GRILLED RACK OF LAMB

Steps:

• Make brine using the brining ingredients.
• Add lamb and make sure it is completely covered.
• Let sit at least 8 hours in th refrigerator or if using Food Saver marinate 2 hours.Meanwhile make a mixure of the second part of Rosemary, Thyme, garlic and oil.
• Remove the racks of lamb from the brine solution and pat dry with a tea towel. Smear with herb mixture.
• Brush grill with canola oil. Light the burners under the grill plate and allow them to get quite.hot. Place the racks of lamb on the hot barbecue grill and brown each side. Once the racks of lamb have been browned, slide the rack to the other side of the barbecue and adjust the flames so they are at a medium Low heat.
• Throw the rosemary sticks from the brine mixture onto one of the burners and close the barbecue lid. The idea is that the rosemary sticks will smoke and burn providing a smoky rosemary flavoured atmosphere and the racks of lamb will bake inside the oven cavity of the barbecue.
• Cook until temperature reaches 65° for medium rare, approx 20 minutes.
• Place on plate; cover with foil and towel and let sit 10 minutes.
• Very nice served with Knorr demi-glace sauce, mint jelly if that is your choice. Enjoy!

HERB GRILLED RACK OF LAMB

Steps:

• Day before, up till one hour before cooking, salt and pepper Lamb to taste.
• Rub Lamb gently to coat with EVOO.
• Rub minced garlic evenly to Lamb.
• Combine herbs, fluff together, and spread evenly on cutting board.
• Roll lamb in chopped herbs to coat, sprinkling herbs onto the concave side of the rack, or anywhere that they don't stick.
• Allow all to macerate 1- 24 hours.
• Allow meat to come to room temp before grilling.
• 30-45 minutes before grilling, prepare a hot grill for direct/indirect grilling.
• Stand racks up on end facing eachother so as to support eachother, and grill on high heat 3-4 minutes.
• Grill outside of racks on high heat 2-3 minutes.
• Drop coals, or reduce heat to medium and grill inside side of racks 2-3 minutes, or to an internal temp of 115*.
• Rest meat 10 minutes before carving.
• Slice using bones for a guide (should look like rare lamb chops.).
• Serve on platter w/ rosemary sprig and/or mint leaves.
• Note: Cooking times will vary depending on cut of meat, type of grill, etc. As with all grill recipes, use your own judgement.

EASY, FANCY RACK OF LAMB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• In a small bowl, combine: breadcrumbs, rosemary, thyme, garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and 2 tablespoons of olive oil (to moisten the mixture). Set aside.
• Season rack of lamb with salt and pepper. Use an oven proof skillet (I like to use cast iron) to heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over high heat. Sear rack of lamb for two minutes per side. Set aside to cool slightly.
• Cover bones with foil- to prevent discoloration during roasting.
• Brush Dijon over rack of lamb and evenly coat with breadcrumb mixture.
• Place lamb, bone side down back into pan and roast in oven for approximately 12-18 minutes (depending on how done you like your meat)- use a meat thermometer placed into the center of the meat to check doneness.
• Remove meat from oven and let rest for 5-10 minutes, covered before cutting rack between ribs.