Name: Rack of lamb with lentils & Jack-by-the-hedge sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tbsp rapeseed or vegetable oil; 1 carrot finely chopped; 1 onion finely chopped; 1 celery stick, finely chopped; 1 thyme sprig; 1 bay leaf; 200g/ 7oz puy lentils; 500ml/ 18fl oz chicken stock; 2 racks of lamb (about 320g/11½oz each), trimmed; knob of butter; 1 tsp English mustard; 50g/ 2oz Jack-by-the-hedge picked and washed or wild garlic leaves; 150ml/ ¼ pint olive oil; juice ½ lemon

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Rack of lamb with lentils & Jack-by-the-hedge sauce

Rack of lamb with lentils & Jack-by-the-hedge sauce

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Serves 4

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Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 30 mins

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This wild cabbage with a mild garlic flavour can be used in place of spinach and makes a great salsa verde to go with meat

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Ingredients

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1 tbsp rapeseed or vegetable oil
1 carrot

finely chopped
1 onion

finely chopped
1 celery

stick, finely chopped
1 thyme

sprig
1 bay leaf
200g/ 7oz puy lentils
500ml/ 18fl oz chicken stock
2 racks of lamb

(about 320g/11½oz each), trimmed
knob of butter
1 tsp English mustard

For the sauce

50g/ 2oz Jack-by-the-hedge

picked and washed or wild garlic leaves
150ml/ ¼ pint olive oil
juice ½ lemon

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal748
fat54g
saturates18g
carbs28g
sugars5g
fibre6g
protein37g
salt0.7g

low

Method

step 1

Heat the oil in a saucepan. Add the carrot, onion, celery, thyme and bay leaf, and cook over a medium heat for 10 mins to soften. Add the lentils and fry gently for 1-2 mins. Add the stock, bring to the boil and cook, uncovered, for 20-25 mins until the lentils are cooked through and most of the stock has been absorbed.
step 2

Meanwhile, cook the lamb. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Place the lamb in a roasting tin, season well and roast for 15-20 mins for rare to medium, 25 mins for well done. Leave to rest for 5 mins before carving into chops.
step 3

While the lamb is resting, make the sauce. Put the Jack-by-the-hedge in a food processor and blitz while slowly trickling in the oil until it forms a pesto consistency. Add the lemon juice to taste, then season.
step 4

Stir the butter, mustard and any juices from the lamb into the lentils and season to taste. Divide the lentils between warmed plates, top with the chops and drizzle with the sauce.

RECIPE TIPS

JACK-BY-THE-HEDGE

Also known as garlic mustard or hedge garlic, Jack-by-the-hedge is a type of wild cabbage with a mild garlic flavour. It can be found in abundance between April and June in hedgerows, woodlands or even in the domestic garden. As well as sauces, the leaves can also be wilted like spinach, and the peppery-tasting white flowers are delicious in salads. Like all foraged edibles that are ‘dog height’, pick sensibly and wash well before using.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2012

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