Salting lamb chops an hour before grilling helps to keep them moister.Cook those tender little “lollipop” chops carefully at the very last minute so they can be served hot straight to the plate from the pan. The thickness of the chops determine how long you leave them on. Lamb chops need only about two to four minutes on a grill or in a pan. Fat is flavor and it keeps the meat moister,” Rosenberg said.
“You do want to trim but if it’s good, fresh American lamb you want to leave some fat on it. In fairly recent cookbooks the directions for cooking lamb often tell cooks to trim off all visible fat. It should be served no more than medium rare otherwise the meat can get dry and tough For best results, simply season and sear the loin on both sides on top of the stove in a cast iron pan and then transfer the pan to the oven to finish. So treat a boneless lamb loin as you would a New York strip – it’s the same cut but smaller. Ribs and loins don’t get flexed and are tender. “Think of it like this: If a muscle is used a lot like a leg, shank or shoulder, it needs to cook low and slow to soften all that connective tissue. Matching the right cut with the best cooking technique is essential, as it is for pork and beef. Lamb gets labelled as ‘mutton’ at the age of one,” he said, as he led a brief tour of Blackbelly’s meat room filled with sides of beef, pork bellies and lambs quarters and ribs. Ultimately age is the most important factor is how lamb tastes. There is no “Angus” or “Kobe” of lamb that are widely available. While there are different taste characteristics to various lamb breeds the meat is not typically sold by breed except when buying from a farmer or small butcher. In the meat room : Thinking about muscles One nice touch: foie gras butter is available to top anything on the menu including wood-grilled lamb steaks. “The cuts available change each day as we work our way through one whole lamb at a time,” he said. “The imported lamb just doesn’t taste as mild, he said.īlackbelly’s menu includes lamb with braised fennel, wild mushrooms, spiced carrot puree and chickpeas and a family-style meal built around a roast leg. Rosenberg is a diehard believer in the superiority of American lamb despite the fact that Australian and New Zealand lamb is typically lower-priced at supermarkets. Many in the World War II generation tended to reject lamb because they were served mutton – meat from older and larger animals.
“Lamb had a reputation for being gamey tasting but what that says is that people haven’t had good lamb,” he said.
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Rosenberg won season five of Bravo’s “Top Chef” series and now operates Blackbelly, a hoof-to-plate Colorado eatery with a newly opened artisan butcher shop on the premises. “I finally tried it at a Moroccan restaurant (Mataam Fez) I worked at in college, a lamb tagine, and I loved the flavor,” he said. In other words, lamb deniers (like the author) are being won over by the original red meat.Ĭhef Hosea Rosenberg (above) never encountered or tasted lamb at all when he was growing up. Ground lamb is showing up on menus in meatloaf and meatballs, on flatbreads and in grilled, finger-thick merguez sausage. Millennials have grown up eating food from across the globe … and sometimes all in the same meal. Lamb’s status is changing fast because well-travelled diners have developed a taste for it. That unfamiliarity is a bit mystifying since lamb plays such a central role in Christian, Jewish and Islamic celebrations where spring lamb is a centerpiece symbolic dish.
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It wasn’t served as the Sunday roast so we don’t know how to cook lamb, much less how to “French” a rib. The thing is, the vast majority of Americans have never actually tasted lamb. Others have dug into a gyros with feta or a curry at an Indian eatery without ever noticing that the crave-able meat is lamb. Some rookies are introduced to lamb in the form of a rack or chop at white tablecloth establishments. Fresh lamb shank, leg or loin have an earthy richness and complexity that makes a lot of beef and pork seem ho-hum by comparison. Also, don't forget to mention Hubbiz to Mataam Fez Restaurant.(This feature appears in the current issue of Cheese Connoisseur magazine)Ī person’s first taste of lamb can be one of those great palate-changers, a moment when you realize there is a lot more for dinner than the same old steak.
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