Passport & Plate - Braised multi-spice Crusted Rack of Lamb
USA | Friday, March 14, 2014 | 5 photos
Ingredients
1 tsp. olive oil
1 packet defrosted Frenched Rack of Lamb
1/2 cup crispy bread crumbs
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. dill seeds
1/4 tsp.chipotle chile pepper
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. sweet basil
1/4 tsp. ground cumin
1/4 cup water
How to prepare this recipe1. Preheat oven to 350F. In a medium size flat bowl stir together the crispy bread crumbs, salt, dill seeds, chipotle chile pepper, black pepper, ground ginger, garlic powder, sweet basil, and ground cumin until evenly mixed.
2. Meanwhile, add the olive oil to a skillet. Heat skillet to medium high on stove top.
3. Roll the Rack of lamb in the bread crumb and spice mixture until evenly covered pressing firmly. Use hands to fry the sides of the lamb in the skillet until each side is golden to dark brown.
4. Remove Rack of Lamb from skillet an place in medium size ceramic bowl, add 1/4 cup water and cover bowl with aluminium foil.
5. Place bowl in preheated oven for 25 minutes or until desired meat texture. Remove foil and bake for extra 5 minutes.
(while lamb bakes, the rest of the meal can be prepared. Everything takes less than 30 minutes to make. This dish is eaten with asparagus, fried small red potatoes, cornbread dressing, bread rolls, boiled carrots, and fruit salad)
6. Remove bowl from oven and let cool for 5 minutes. Decorate the two inches of exposed bone on the rack of lamb using clean white paper (for consumers to hold without getting messy)
7.Serve sliced between or unsliced
The story behind this recipeMy Braised Multi-spice-Crusted Rack of Lamb recipe is an innovative masterpiece. This recipe features a medium cooked lamb ribs nestled in a crusty, roasted well-selected spice-bread crumb mixture that produce a divine tantalizing aroma. Its yummy, succulent taste always leaves an aftertaste that keeps me wanting more. All my family loves it.
This dish is special to me because it reminds me of Christmas Eve. It is our family tradition to include the lamb racks when all family members converge home for the Christmas holiday to enjoy mom’s cooking. Fortunately, I get to help prepare the dish that I enjoy very much. The dish is usual combined with chicken noodles, bread rolls, corn bread dressing, asparagus, yellow fresh corn , fruit salad, and of course followed with a piece of pecan pie smashed in vanilla ice cream slathered with cocoa syrup.
The thought of lamb gives me hope and excitement with each passing year, always looking forward to the next Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve is my favorite part of the holidays when we all flock home and share stories of the soon to be wrapped-up year. That sense of oneness playing dominos around my parents’ large dining table is unbeatable. To me lamb dish is a reflection of how the four different generations in my family are connected, just like the racks of lamb. It represents our family values of living to higher appealing standards.
We all have that ‘little special something’ which triggers unforgettable moments that we cherish forever in our lives. Feelings, smells, tastes, and cues that make us stay connected to times and places in the past, and give us the endurance to pursue the future knowing the sunrise of tomorrow will again present an opportunity to relive those special moments. The Braised multi-spice crusted Rack of Lamb is my ‘little special something’.
