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Recipe: Chef Thuso’s lamb rack

by Noluthando Ngcakani
8th October 2021
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Make chef Thuso Ntokwe's juicy lamb rack, bursting with herby flavours and ready in only a couple of hours. Photo: Supplied/Health For Mzansi

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When you buy a good rack of lamb, the sky is the limit when it comes to preparing it. Almost any path you take, will turn it into a flavour-packed, succulent piece of heavenly meat.

Now imagine following the recipe of a professional chef! If you are one of Mzansi’s many lamb lovers, congrats, because you have found this hearty recipe for grilled lamb and veggies by Gauteng chef Thuso Ntokwe. You are bound to love it.

Coming with a good helping of veggies (because we can’t live on meat only, even if we want to), these baked lamb chops will be on the table surprisingly quickly.

So why wait? Make chef Thuso Ntokwe’s grilled lamb rack, served with garlic-and-parsley baby potatoes and accompanied by roasted vegetables and mint sauce.

ALSO READ: Chef Thuso is living a dream not even money could buy

INGREDIENTS

200g lamb chops

5g paprika spice

Pinch of salt

5g steak and chop spice

5 BBQ spice

200g mixed vegetables

150g baby potatoes

10g fresh mint

10g butter

20ml olive oil

METHOD

  1. Rub the lamb with olive oil and spices. Cover with plastic wrap, refrigerate for 4 hours to marinate.
  2. Pan-fry the lamb rack in a hot pan until it reaches the desired degree of doneness.
  3. In a baking dish, season vegetables with oil, salt and paprika. Roast at 180 degrees for 2 hours or until tender. Set aside.
  4. Boil the baby potatoes until cooked. Remove and set in a pan, then glaze with butter, garlic and parsley.
  5. Plate the lamb, vegetables and potatoes, then drizzle with a mint sauce. Enjoy!

ALSO READ: Chef Thuso is living a dream not even money could buy

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Noluthando Ngcakani

With roots in the Northern Cape, this Kimberley Diamond has had a passion for telling human interest stories since she could speak her first words. A foodie by heart, she began her journalistic career as an intern at the SABC where she discovered her love for telling agricultural, community and nature related stories. Not a stranger to a challenge Ngcakani will go above and beyond to tell your truth.

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