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Ingredients

• INGREDIENTS:
• 1 rack of lamb (8 lamb chops)
• The Rub:
• 1 t black peppercorns, cooked until smoking then ground in a spice grinder
• 3-4 T sweet-hot honey mustard
• Raw Vegetable Pasta Salad:
• 6 oz Rotini pasta
• 1 package asparagus, top 2” of tips used, remainder discarded
• ½ package cherry tomatoes left whole
• 3 oz of Kalamata olives from a deli, cut in halves
• 3 large cloves of garlic, minced
• Feta cheese crumbles to taste
• 3 T extra virgin olive oil
• Juice from 2 small lemons
• A pinch of red pepper flakes
• Fresh ground black pepper to taste
• Grated Parmesan cheese at table
• The Marinade:
• 1 T soy sauce
• 1 T sweet-hot honey mustard
• 1/8 C balsamic vinegar
• 1/8 C red wine (we use Burgundy)
• 3 large garlic cloves, minced fine