Ragout of Grilled Artichokes & Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Make the ragout just before you grill the lamb rack and keep it loosely covered and warm on the back burner of your stove.
Equipment
- Blender
- chef knife
- cutting board
- measuring cups and spoons
- grill
- Tongs
- 1-gallon zip lock bag or container for the marinade
Ingredients
Lamb Rack Marinade
- 2½ tbsp garlic, peeled and minced
- 1½ tbsp rosemary, fresh with stems removed and roughly chopped
- ⅛ cup wine, white (dry)
- 1 whole egg
- ½ cup oil, olive
Vegetable Ragout
- ½ cup oil, olive
- ½ cup onion, white or yellow peeled and chopped
- ½ cup carrot, peeled with ends trimmed, brunoise or small dice
- 2 ribs of celery, brunoise, or small dice
- 2 whole bay leaves
- ¼ cup garlic, peeled and minced
- ½ tsp red pepper flake
- ¼ tsp lemon juice
- ½ cup wine, white
- 1 cup chicken stock
- To taste salt and fresh cracked black pepper
- 2 ½ cup grilled artichoke hearts, sliced in half
- ½ cup tomatoes, sun-dried, cut into medium chunks
- ½ cup olives, Kalamata, pitted, sliced in half
- ¼ cup of fresh thyme or lemon thyme chopped
- 1 tbsp fresh rosemary minced
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley minced
Instructions
Lamb Rack Marinade
- Add the first four ingredients to a food processor or a blender. While the machine is running, add a skinny stream of olive oil and emulsify the mixture.
- Add the prepped lamb rack and the marinade in a 1 gallon Ziplock freezer bag or small container. Let marinate for 24 hrs, turning the bag or rack often to coat evenly.
Vegetable Ragout
- In a medium pot or deep saucepan, add the olive oil over medium heat. Once the oil has become hot, add the onion, carrot, celery, and bay leaf. Sauté until the vegetables are soft.
- Add the garlic, red pepper flake, and sauté for an additional 5-8 minutes until the garlic is fragrant.
- Deglaze the pan with white wine and lemon juice. After about 5 minutes, when the wine has mostly cooked off, add the chicken stock.
- Reduce the heat to simmer, cover and let steep for 10 minutes; reserve.
Grilling the Lamb Rack
- Heat an outdoor/indoor grill (electric, gas, or wood) to approximately (400°F or 205°C). Leave part of the grill turned off to rest the lamb rack if needed.
- Remove the marinated lamb rack from the marinade and remove as much of the marinade that you can. (too much marinade will cause flare-ups)
- Using a set of long tongs, place the lamb rack in the center of the heat. While watching closely, turn and flip the lamb rack as needed to get an excellent charred crust. Do not allow to burn!
- Once the lamb rack has developed a crust on both sides, please remove it from the heat. Reserve until needed
Final Cook
- Preheat an oven to (400°F or 205°C).
- Place the grilled lamb rack on a sheet pan fitted with a wire rack. Place into the preheated oven and cook for 10-15 minutes or until the desired internal temperature is reached. (130°F for medium-rare).
REST the lamb rack 10 minutes before slicing.
- Right before you need the ragout, grilled artichoke hearts, oven-dried tomato, Kalamata olives, fresh thyme, fresh rosemary, fresh parsley, and heat through in a medium pot over medium-heat
- In the center of a warm dish, add a scoop of garlic mashed potatoes. Spoon some of the warm vegetable ragouts around the mashed potatoes.
- Slice the rested lamb rack and place a single rack around the potatoes. 3-4 rack pieces per person.