Lamb chops from the tin with asparagus and rhubarb compote

AUTHOR
Eunice Scott
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3 5
COOK TIME
35 mins
TOTAL TIME
35 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 Rack of lamb (approx. 600 g; with clean, brushed bones)
  • 1 TABLESPOON Oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1.5 kg white asparagus
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
  • 5 Stem(s) Thyme
  • 500 g Rhubarb
  • 10 g Butter
  • 1 TABLESPOON + some sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Aluminium foil

Directions

  1. 1

    Dab meat dry. Heat oil in a pan. Season meat with salt and pepper and fry it all around. Remove and place on the fat pan of the oven.

  2. 2

    Wash and peel the asparagus and cut off the woody ends. Add the asparagus to the meat on the baking tray. Pour olive oil and 3 tablespoons of water over the asparagus and mix. Wash the thyme and shake dry.

  3. 3

    Add thyme to the asparagus, season with salt and pepper. Bake asparagus and meat in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for approx. 20 minutes.

  4. 4

    Wash, clean and cut the rhubarb into pieces. Melt butter in a pan. Sauté the rhubarb for about 4 minutes, then remove about half of the pieces. Add 4 tablespoons of water and 1 tablespoon of sugar and simmer for 3-4 minutes.

  5. 5

    Turn off the oven. Remove meat from the tray and wrap in aluminium foil. Let meat rest for at least 5 minutes. Add rhubarb pieces to the cooked rhubarb, season with salt, pepper and a little sugar.

  6. 6

    Cut the meat into chops and put them on the tray with the asparagus. Add the rhubarb compote.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
610 kcal
CARBS
11 g
FATS
51 g
PROTEINS
24 g