Rack Of Lamb With Lavender Yes Lavender From Your Garden Recipes

Steps:

• Saute garlic in butter& oil until browned, discard garlic.
• Score any fat on lamb and sear in same pan, approx 3 to 5 minutes each side.
• Remove to plate& let cool.
• While lamb is cooling mix together all dry ingredients but save about 1/2 tsp of the Lavender.
• When lamb is cooled, coat with dijon mustard.
• Then coat with breadcrumb mixture.
• Bake in preheated over at 450 degrees for approx 15 minutes for med rare.
• While lamb is in oven, deglaze pan with red wine.
• Add remaining Lavender to wine sauce.
• Use wine sauce as a side sauce for 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.
• Note: "Frenching" refers to scraping the meat off the tips of the bones. Ask your butcher to leave 1/8 inch of fat on the meat.

Steps:

• Preheat grill/oven to medium-high, approximately 400ºF.
• In a large bowl, combine the bread crumbs, butter, rosemary, thyme and lavender. Mix the ingredients together until they are well combined. Tip: Your fingers work best for mixing.
• Brush the meat portion of the lamb rack liberally with the Dijon mustard. Cover the lamb with the lavender/bread crumb mixture making sure to coat it well. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Place lamb on lightly oiled grill or pan and place on grill or in oven.
• Cook lamb until bread crumbs brown. Then flip lamb rack over to bottom side and allow it to cook until medium-rare. Note: internal temperature should be 125ºF.
• Remove from grill/oven, let it rest for several minutes and serve while still hot.

Steps:

• To make the claqueret, mix all the ingredients together. The flavours need time to meld, so ideally you should do this a couple of hours ahead and keep it at room temperature until ready to serve. You can also make the claqueret further ahead, cover and chill in the fridge, but remember to take it out and bring it to room temperature before serving.
• Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Lay the lamb out flat, flesh-side up, and use a small knife to make incisions all over both the flesh and fat sides (they can be deeper on the flesh side). Crush the garlic with some sea salt using a pestle and mortar, then add the lavender leaves and flowers, olive oil, lemon, balsamic vinegar and honey to make a rough paste.
• Put the lamb in a roasting tin and push the paste into the incisions you made. Finish with the lamb fat-side up. Mix the glaze ingredients together and spoon this over the lamb. Season, then roast for 15 mins.
• Turn the heat down to 190C/170C fan/gas 5 and roast for another 20 mins. The lamb will be pink. Cover loosely with foil and allow to rest for about 10 mins. Carve, then serve with the cooking juices and the claqueret.