Rack of lamb with new potatoes and honey sauce
- Portion size: Serves 4
- Hands-on time 40 min, oven time 12-15 min
- Difficulty: easy
This is a lovely, sophisticated roast lamb recipe in a sweet and sour style. Impressive enough for a dinner party or a special Sunday lunch.
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Ingredients
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- 2 x 6-bone racks of lamb, French-trimmed (keep the trimmings)
- 1 shallot, chopped
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 fresh rosemary sprig, plus small sprigs to serve
- 400ml fresh chicken stock, hot
- 1 tbsp runny honey
- 700g new potatoes
- 1 pink grapefruit, peeled and segmented
- ½ charantais melon, peeled, deseeded and cut into thin wedges
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Method
- Preheat the oven to 220°C/fan200°C/gas 7. Heat half the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the lamb trimmings and fry for 5 min, until golden. Add the shallot, tomato, garlic, rosemary and stock, bring to the boil and cook for 5-6 min or until reduced by half. Skim off any fat, then stir in the honey. Season and keep hot over a low heat.
- Meanwhile, heat the remaining oil in a large roasting tin over a medium-high heat. Season the lamb, add to the pan and cook for 2-3 min each side, to seal and brown. Transfer to the oven and cook for 12-15 min, until the skin is crisp and the meat medium-rare (you can cook it for longer if you prefer). Cover the lamb racks with foil, set aside for 5 min, then slice into cutlets.
- Meanwhile, cook the new potatoes in boiling, salted water for 15 min or until tender. Drain. Strain the sauce from the lamb into a jug, discarding the solids.
- Spoon the potatoes, grapefruit segments and melon wedges onto 4 warm plates, then arrange 3 lamb cutlets on top of each. Drizzle with the honey sauce and garnish with the small rosemary sprigs to serve.
Nutrition
- 435kcals Calories
- 15.1g (5.8g saturated) Fat
- 38.3g Protein
- 40.2g (13.3g sugar) Carbs
- 0.9g Salt
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