What to do with leftover rack of lamb?

[Recoil Rob]

As usual my mom bought way to much lamb for Easter and I have a cooked 8 bone rack. I would appreciate some suggestions other than just reheating the rack, and it's my feeling that the meat from rack would not do well in a "stewed" dish such as a tagine or vindaloo or curry, not enough connective tissue like shoulder.

I suppose I could cut them apart and quickly grill them scotto ditto style but any other suggestions? A good sandwich?

thanks, Rob

[heidih]

I would probably trim all the meat off and stir fry the bits with a vegetable, then either make a quick stock/soup with the bones or freeze them for when you have more lamb bones and scraps to make stock then. My concern is that if this was cooked last Sunday, you probably should be using it today if at all. Hopefully it was stored well and did not sit out on Easter for a long time.

[Recoil Rob]

Yes, well wrapped and kept in the bottom of the drawer, still very good.

[Doodad]

Twice cooked lamb? Lamb fried rice? Lamb tacos?

[Shalmanese]

Every time I have leftover roasted lamb, I do a southwestern lamb fried rice. Render the fat from the lamb, spring onions, jalapenos, cooked & cooled rice, cumin, ancho chilli, corn, avocado, lime and then toss the lamb in at the last minute and let it warm up from the residual heat.

[Blether]

Shred the meat in a cup blender and make a shepherd's pie. Moisten the meat with a small stock from the bones, add a veggie layer (tomato sauce ? peas & corn ? Baked Beans from a tin ?), top with mashed potato, and bake.

I always love the shepherd's pie that comes after a roast leg.

[chezcherie]

i think i'd do a lamb, feta and red onion empanada filling. and eat several off the bone, stone-cold, with lots of crispy salt. and lick my lamby fingers...

[Busboy]

We like to chop lamb in sandwich-sized bits (largish) and drop it into a container filled with olive oil, feta cheese, garlic and rosemary, and let it hang around until we feel like the greatest sandwich ever. It will all congeal in the fridge, but the flavors transfer and the congealed oil means it will last forever. Just warm very gently in a pot, put on crusty bread and use plenty of napkins.

[andiesenji]

A spicy North African stew with couscous would have my vote. I'm not a big fan of lamb and usually only cook it with spices.

I think there are several recipes in the tagine thread.

[Indirect Heat]

We tend to put all leftover meat into ramen broth with noodles and leftover veggies: http://indirectheat.blogspot.com/2010/01/ramen.html

But for lamb... I would think gnawing on that sucker cold would make a pretty delicious lunch...

[Andrew Fenton]

Y'all have so much more self control than do I. I love lamb so much that if there were some extra chops in the refrigerator, I'd have long since gnawed them, standing up in front of the fridge in the middle of the night...