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We Are Back From Vacation-Get A Young Lamb Tonight
January 11, 2008
We Are Back From Vacation!
Every neighborhood should have a restaurant with a kitchen
that’s creative, and serious about food. Ripe firmly
believes in this, and for that reason, we re-open our doors
from our “almost” 2 week vacation TONIGHT!
Tonight and all week-end we are featuring our Slow-Braised
Lamb Shanks in a Herbed Red-Wine Brown Sauce. (not THAT
herb)
If you say you don’t care for lamb, maybe its time you
re-visit this delicate and delicious piece of protein
tonight.
You may have been told before that you were eating lamb,
but in fact you may have consumed sheep. Same animal,
major difference in age and taste.
A lamb is a young sheep that is no more than 1 year old,
with meat that is significantly more tender than that of
older sheep, with a mild succulent flavor. The older the
animal gets, the higher the concentration of
species-characteristic fatty acids, hence the much stronger
“sheepy” flavor, and tougher meat.
Also, if your experience with lamb was while growing up in
the islands, you probably had Australian or New Zealand
imported lamb.
Even in the United States up to the mid-eighties, imported
lamb was what you would be most likely to find on
supermarket shelves. Unlike imported lamb, American lamb
is bred primarily for quality meat, Australian and New
Zealand lamb is bred primarily for quality wool. American
lamb reflects this difference in its overall superior
quality to that of imported lamb.
So with all that said, you MUST get down to Ripe tonight
and try our Braised Lamb Shanks.
This is the cut directly at the bottom of the leg of lamb.
Very rich and meaty with a texture similar to Oxtail, Short
Ribs or Osso Bucco. It is also prepared in a similar
fashion. The meat is seared until golden and caramelized,
then it is put to slow cook in the Herbed Red Wine Brown
Sauce for 2 hours until “fall-off-the-bone” tender. We
will be pairing that up with our “Dauphinoise Potatoes”,
which are a much more delicate preparation of scalloped
potatoes.
We once again cannot guarantee how long they will last, so
come early and get your lamb on!
Rediscover the goodness you probably never even new existed
in this dish!
C U tonight at Ripe—Come early, Stay Late—
Party at the Bar Tonight!
New Dance Move: “The Shank”
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