Tuesday, December 16, 2014

My favorite holiday meal

My favorite holiday meal comes from Ina Garten's cookbook Barefoot Contessa Parties.  Always my go to for special occasions such as a family birthday, Valentine's Day or Christmas Eve.  It is Rack of Lamb and Salad with Warm Goat Cheese.  I love Ina's quote from the book:

This dish may be expensive, but it's incredibly easy.  I made it with friends when we cooked dinner together on the New Year's Eve of the millennium, and I'll always remember it as one of the best meals we'd ever made together.  Even the most novice cook will feel like a professional!

One thing the cookbook mentions that the recipe in the above link leaves out is to make sure the rack of lamb is "frenched".  This refers to scraping the meat off the tips of the bones.  Ask your butcher to leave 1/8 inch of fat on the meat.  

This cookbook would also make a great gift.  Mine was a gift from a dear friend about twelve years ago!  There are so many delicious recipes.  I still refer to it on a regular basis.






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10 comments:

  1. Thanks Sarita! Your Pots de Creme look amazing - one of my other favorites!

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  2. YUM! I haven't had lamb in forever and am always so scared to try to make it myself. But I like the sound of easy :)

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    1. You should try it! The hardest part is going to the store and buying the lamb! I promise.

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  3. I absolutely love rack of lamb and my dad has a phenomenal recipe - i'm going to have to share this one too since he's just about the only person I know that can cook lamb for me LOL! xo, Biana - BlovedBoston

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    1. Will you share your dad's recipe? I'd love to see it! XO

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  4. I LOVE ME SOME LAMB! SOOOO good!!! We just make lampchops, but I want to cook rack of lamb sometime soon.

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    1. Me too! It's in the very near future. Merry Christmas!

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  5. Oh my word does this sound good! I'm all about recipes that look fancy but are really easy :) This is a perfect NYE dinner!

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    1. Yes, this definitely falls into that category! Thanks for visiting our page :)

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