Ferran’s Rack of Lamb with Pistachio Pesto

Here’s a quick and elegant recipe, adapted from Ferran Adrià’s cookbook Cocinar en Casa (Cooking at Home). Though something as conventional as rack of lamb will never, ever find its way to the hyper-experimental kitchen of his restaurant, El Bulli, in this recipe Adrià demonstrates his ability to turn a few simple ingredients into much more than the sum of their parts. The pancetta is a substitute for Spanish bacon, but if it’s unavailable regular bacon will also work, keeping