Wood Fired Rack of Lamb RECIPE

Rack of lamb is one of my favorite dishes to make. Usually cooked on a grill or in the oven, you don't see WOOD FIRED rack of lamb often.

This simple recipe makes cooking easy and if you don't have a wood fire oven, you can just cook it in your oven (always cooking by temperature, never by time).  

TOTAL TIME: 1.25-1.75hour

PREP TIME:  15 min.

COOK TIME:  Varies (give 1-1.5 hours)

INGREDIENTS:

1 New Zealand rack of Lamb

1T Knotty Wood BBQ Rub

1/2T Pink Himalayan Sea Salt

1/2T Fresh Ground Black Pepper

3T Spicy Brown Mustard

1/2C Panko Bread Crumbs

1T Olive Oil

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Combine Knotty Wood BBQ Rub, salt and pepper.

• Coat rack of lamb with olive oil all over.

• Season with 1/2 of the dry mixture.

• Cold smoke (optional)rack of  lamb for 1.5 hours.

• Sear rack of lamb in extremely hot pan.

• Bring rack of lamb inside.

• Mix spicy mustard with remaining dry mixture.

• Spread over rack of lamb evenly on all sides.

• Coat rack of lamb with Panko Bread Crumbs.

• Place in oven (I used a wood fire oven) with an internal meat thermometer in the lamb.

• Pull Rack of Lamb when the internal  temperature hit 125ºF and let rest tented for 10 minutes.

• Final resting temperature should be no more than 135ºF which is perfect medium rare.

• If you want your lamb medium, then pull at 135ºF which will give you approx. 145ºF medium.

Slice rack of lamb and serve with your favorite side dish.

Enjoy!