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Cooking 6 lb. bone-in leg of lamb for Easter. Any advice?
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bboulier
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I will be cooking a 6 lb. bone-in leg of lamb (along with other things) for Easter. Any advice? I plan to use a small amount grape vines for smoke.
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Sure, don't burn it.
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I've done this a couple times and it's turned out amazing. My family typically likes less smoke on their leg of lamb and fresh herbs and spices. I typically cook it indirect at 275 degrees and pull it fairly rare and let it rest in tin foil for an hour before serving. Please post pics.I Love Animals. They Taste Great.
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Make a paste of fresh rosemary, fresh garlic, salt, pepper and olive oil and grease it up. If you're feeling ambitious, make little slits all over the roast and push in slivers of garlic and rosemary. Roast indirect at about 350 until 135-140 internal temp. Rest under foil for at least 15 minutes. It's a favorite in our houseMamaroneck
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I do what Mama_Roneck does except cook raised direct. I love the char of lamb. But my latest lamb favorite is to make kabobs. Cook those HOT until 125F-ish. Marinate them before hand.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I usually do what Mama_Roneck does when I cook it in the oven, so I will probably do the same outside.
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Do not plan a lengthy rest. 15 minutes tops.
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IMO, even though I am not Greek, Greeks are the masters of roast lamb. Check out a site called kalofagas.
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I agree with indirect at low temp. Way more tender and a lot less chance of shooting above your desired temp which should be rare to medium rare.
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Steven, your family all like lamb leg medium rare (I thought I heard you say at one time). If you're cooking for a group with mixed preferences, cooking hot direct gives you some medium+ for people that like it that way. There's no right or wrong way, depends on what pleases the most people.
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I'm doing mad max turkey, egret ham, boneless leg of lamb this weekend, one a day.Planning to SV the lamb 133F/24h, then sear. All help and advice welcome please!canuckland
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Canugghead said:I'm doing mad max turkey, egret ham, boneless leg of lamb this weekend, one a day.Planning to SV the lamb 133F/24h, then sear. All help and advice welcome please!
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nolaegghead said:Steven, your family all like lamb leg medium rare (I thought I heard you say at one time). If you're cooking for a group with mixed preferences, cooking hot direct gives you some medium+ for people that like it that way. There's no right or wrong way, depends on what pleases the most people.
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Thanks nola, yes I also read not to use fresh garlic. Think I'm going to go 8 hrs max. SV temp/time is like the wild west, I mentioned this in another thread ... Douglas Baldwin says 130F/24h, SousVideSupreme recipe has 131F/48h.canuckland
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I did a low and Slow 7 lb lamb leg last week . I rubbed it in butter and fresh herbs and cooked it at 225 for 3 hours ( roughly i think )
When it was at 125 ( internal temp ) I brought the egg up to 450 which gave the leg an amazing color .
I would highly recommend this method .
this was @Littlesteven's recomendation
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All the recommendations are EGGcellent. I like to add some zaatar, Mid Eastern spice, Also if you have some rosemary twigs around they make great smoke flavor. Happy Easter
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keepervodeflame said:IMO, even though I am not Greek, Greeks are the masters of roast lamb. Check out a site called kalofagas.Thanks for this. I went to the site and was blown away. I have always thought the Greek way of doing lamb is great. Well today I am going to look for a C I pot for my egg. I marked the " Slow-Roasted Leg of Lamb " as my first do..Thanks again..
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I cooked the shoulder at 350 degrees to a temperature of 140 degrees. That was about 2 hours in total. Turned out terrific.
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