Racks Of Lamb With Almond Crust And Orange Sauce

Ingredients

• 4 lamb racks, trimmed (4 - 5 cutlet each)
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup wine
• to taste black pepper
• 1 cup parsley, chopped
• 1/4 cup almonds, sliced
• 1 cup soft breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoons orange marmalade
• 1/2 teaspoon orange rind, grated
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 2 teaspoons butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 trim the lamb of any excess fat. you want the racks to be really fat free. combine orange juice, wine and black pepper..
• 2 place in a shallow dish and add racks of lamb.
• 3 arrange lamb so that the meaty part is in the marinade. refrigerate and allow to marinate for 1 - 2 hours.
• 4 remove the racks from the marinade and reserve the marinade for the sauce. combine parsley, breadcrumbs, almonds, marmalade, orange rind and butter and mix well.
• 5 press mixture over meaty part of each rack.
• 6 place la mb, crumb side up in a baking dish and bake at 200 c for 20 - 25 minutes or until lamb is cooked to your liking.
• 7 remove lamb from oven and cover with foil and allow to rest in a warm place for 10 minutes before serving with the sauce. add water, honey and cornflour to reserved marinade. bring to the boil; simmer 1 minutes until thickened.