Directions
Lamb with Basil Polenta Crust and Eric Ripert’s Red Wine Bernaise
Details
- Prep Time:
15 min - Cook Time:
20 min - Ready Time:
35 min
Servings
Ingredients
- Rack of lamb that you tightly French and cut into individual lollipops.
Herb Polenta Crust:
- 1 cup of polenta
- Handful of basil leaves or some other fresh aromatic herb that you would prefer
- Pinch of salt. Combine all the ingredients in a food processor and blitz until blended. dijon mustard to use as lamb glue for polenta
Red Wine Béarnaise:
- 1/2 cup dry red wine
- 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
- 1 teaspoon minced shallot
- 3 tarragon sprigs
- 1 thyme sprig
- one cup chicken stock
- Juice of half a lemon
- tablespoon red wine vinager
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
Brown Butter Sauce
- 1/2 pound unsalted butter
- 1 cup Chicken Stock (below), reduced to 1/2 cup
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Kosher salt and freshly ground white pepper
Directions
For the red wine Bearnaise: combine the wine, vinegar, peppercorns, shallot, tarragon, and thyme in a saucepan, bring to a boil, and reduce the liquid to 2 tablespoons.
Brown Butter Sauce:
Melt the butter in a medium pot over medium-high heat, then cook, whisking occasionally, until the milk solids are dark brown and the butter is fragrant. Remove from the heat and set aside.
Heat the chicken stock in a medium saucepan and add the lemon juice. Bring to a boil.
Remove from the heat and, using an immersion blender, slowly blend the brown butter into the chicken stock. Season to taste with salt and white pepper. Use immediately.
Add the brown butter sauce to the reduced wine. Then gradually whisk in the butter. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a small saucepan and season with salt and white pepper. Set aside.
For herb polenta crust: Combine all the ingredients in a food processor and blitz until blended.
Take each lamb pop and paint on some good Dijon or grain mustard. This is the glue used for the polenta. Now coat each lamb lolly in the polenta and set aside. Medium high pan, canola oil fry each chop for a 1 min to 1 ½ min on each side until polenta is a nice crust.
Rest them in a 220 degree oven for no more than 10 min.
Plate and drizzle some of the Red Wine Béarnaise and serve.
These are a show stopper at a party and when you bite into these I guarantee your guests will be loving them.
Enjoy!
Benny
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