break from bread - for love

I took a break from bread baking this week for love.  Valentine's Day 2009.

Homemade brownies courtesy of the best wife-to-be ever...

...continue with the best beef jerky in the world - from Paulina Meat Market in Chicago.  Original, teryiaki, and cajun.

Rack of French cut lamb, also from Paulina.  

Brushed with olive oil and rubbed with fresh shopped rosemary.  Seared on the stovetop for a few minutes each side and then placed in the oven at 400.

We also cooked up a side of potato and cauliflower dauphinois - nutmeg, cream, thyme, and parmesan.

I had to actually put those chops back in the oven for ten more minutes.  Jamie Oliver's suggestion of 10-12 minutes in the oven for medium produced some rare chops.  They turned out fantastic though.  Very simple preparation allowed us to enjoy the flavor of the lamb and when the cream sauce of the potato dauphinois crept under the lamb...