Rack of Lamb with Braised Fennel and Green Sauce

Carrè refers to the whole rack of lamb, which has seven cutlets. Inevitably, that means there isn’t an even number of cutlets – but never mind, there’s always someone who wants more and someone who wants less. If you want to portion it equally, though, you can always ask the butcher to cut smaller racks with an even number of cutlets. Ask your butcher to trim the lamb racks of the surface connective tissue, called silverskin, leaving a little of the fat on, and to ‘french’ the bones