Mustard & rosemary-crusted rack of lamb

Mustard & rosemary-crusted rack of lamb

A stylish, sophisticated yet deceptively simple way to prepare rack of lamb

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

45 minutes plus marinating time

Method

  1. Put the racks in a dish flesh-side up and make slashes into the flesh with a sharp knife to allow the flavours to penetrate. Mix together 2 tbsp olive oil, the mustard, garlic, rosemary and parsley. Season well and rub the mixture onto the flesh to coat the lamb evenly. Cover and marinate in the fridge for 1 hour or, ideally, all day.
  2. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Put the lamb in a roasting tin and cook for 15-25 minutes depending on the size of the rack. Remove from the oven, cover with foil and rest for 10 minutes before carving into cutlets and serving on warmed plates.

341 kcalories, protein 35.6g, carbohydrate 2.1g, fat 21.2 g, saturated fat 8.6g, fibre 0.8g, salt 1.01 g

Recipe from olive magazine, April 2005.

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  • 26 December 2007

    Moosepup rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Simple and extremely tasty. As an aside, I found my lamb to be completely uncooked at the 15 minute mark, but 25 minutes gave us beautiful pink meat.

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  • 22 April 2008

    HayleyGrice rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Well received by my guests. The timings are way out, however. I had fairly big cutlets and they took 45 minutes, and were still very pink on the inside.

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  • 11 January 2009

    Poshjon commented on this recipe

    Had my 13 year son do the prep. and cooked it for around 30 minutes as my wife doesn't like meat too pink. A really easy dish to cook and to my surprise, the boys enjoyed these as well as my wife.

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    16 January 2009

    di commented on this recipe

    My husband is not to keen on Mustard but thoroughly enjoyed this, as did all of our dinner guests. Very simple but delicious!

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  • 07 April 2009

    Caroline rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Cooked this for a dinner party. Wonderful flavours and not too overpowering on the mustard. The cooking times were right for me although I marinated and cooked my lamb as smaller 3 rib joints.

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  • 12 April 2009

    Slowcooker commented on this recipe

    Suggest that you cook for at least 30 mns or it is still bleating!!!!!

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  • 28 June 2009

    Samantha rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really easy to prepare and cook and absolutely lovely!! I gave mine an extra few minutes and still pink.

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  • 20 July 2009

    laurabee rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was lovely! I gave it about 30 mins and the lamb was still pink in the middle. The coating was a lovely flavour ans would definitely make again! :)

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  • 14 August 2009

    ChrisA commented on this recipe

    Great recipe! Some leftover vinaigrette combined with the juices from the pan made a lovely sauce.

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  • 28 March 2010

    Helena Tummy rated this recipe

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    15 April 2010

    ND rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    We made this for Easter Sunday. I cut the mustard quantities a little as I was worried it would be too mustardy, but my guests (I don't eat meat!) said the mustard taste was very slight, so next time I will use the quantities given. The cooking timings were perfect for our racks, which were relatively small, it only took about 15 minutes in a fan assisted oven. Any more and it would have been overcooked.

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  • 18 April 2010

    Irene rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious! For those who think that it requires more cooking time, perhaps you did not have the rack at room temperature before cooking.

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  • 02 August 2010

    Staggerlee rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really enjoyed this this. I had some fear the the meat would be overpowered by the amount of herbs but I needn't have worried.

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    07 September 2011

    LMP rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    nice, but i have a similar and nicer recipe which includes breadcrumbs

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  • 18 May 2012

    Jenny rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I have cooked this a few times and it is so easy and tastes fantastic.

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  • 15 April 2013

    QueeJane rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    it was really yummy. Easy to do aswell !!!!!!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

45 minutes plus marinating time

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341 kcalories, protein 35.6g, carbohydrate 2.1g, fat 21.2 g, saturated fat 8.6g, fibre 0.8g, salt 1.01 g

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