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Advice please- 10lb leg of lamb

Kelly
Kelly Posts: 5
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
What temp to cook indirect and how long? I'd like to try it at about 250 degrees.

Thank you!!!!

Kelly :cheer:

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  • BENTE
    BENTE Posts: 8,337
    here you go:


    Lamb, Leg, Boneless

    I would slow roast a shoulder. Say 250F or no higher than 300F. It will be meltingly tender. Here's really good recipe to sort of follow. It calls for leg but it would be even better with a shoulder. Just foget about "stuffing" it. Add the onions underneath the shoulder."My idea of pure heaven is to spend a day in the kitchen, peeling, chopping, and stirring while the words of a good book fill the air around me."Ruth Reichl


    INGREDIENTS:
    1 Recipe Fennel Spice
    For The Lamb
    2 Tbs Extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
    2 Medium Onions, peeled and thinly sliced
    Salt/Pepper
    1 1/2 tsp Finely chopped fresh sage leaves
    3/4 cup Water
    4 lbs Leg of lamb, at room temperature
    1/4 Cup Fennel Spice Rub
    4 Carrots
    4 Stalks Celery
    FENNEL SPICE
    1 cup fennel seed
    3 Tbs coriander seed
    2 Tbs white pepper corns
    3 Tbs kosher salt
    makes 1 1/4 cups



    Directions:
    1 Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F. Place a roasting pan in the oven.
    2 Heat the olive oil in a large saute pan over medium heat until hot.
    3 Add the onions and a pinch of salt and pepper. Reduce the heat to
    4 medium-low and cook for about 1 minute. Add the sage and cook about 3
    5 minutes. Add the water, cover, and cook until the onions are very
    6 tender, about 10 minutes. Uncover and saute until the onions are very
    7 soft and the pan is dry again, about 2 minutes.
    8 Slice open the leg of lamb and lay flat. Season meat well all over
    9 with the Fennel Spice and salt and pepper. Spread half of the sauteed
    10 onion mixture directly on top of the seasoning, inside the leg of
    11 lamb. Roll up the meat and tie with kitchen twine. Set aside the
    12 other half of onion mixture.
    13 Rub the outside of the lamb with more Fennel Spice. Remove the
    14 roasting pan from the oven and lay the carrots and celery on the
    15 bottom. Place the lamb on top of the carrots and celery, drizzle with
    16 some extra-virgin olive oil and cook for 7 hours. Spread the
    17 remaining onion mixture on top of the lamb, place a foil as a tent
    18 over the lamb and roast for an additional hour. The lamb is ready
    19 when it pulls away easily if picked at with a pair of tongs.
    20 For the Fennel Spice.
    21 Put the fennel seeds, coriander seeds, and peppercorns in a heavy pan
    22 over medium heat. Watch carefully, tossing frequently so the seeds
    23 toast evenly. When light brown and fragrant, pour the seeds onto a
    24 plate to cool. They must be cool before grinding, or they will gum up
    25 the blades.
    26 Pour the seeds into a blender and add the salt. Blend to a fine
    27 powder, shaking the blender occasionally to redistribute the seeds.
    28 Store in a tightly sealed glass jar in a cool, dry place or freeze.
    29 Recipe Notes
    30 Try this for spice-encrusted pork ribs, chops, or tenderloin; veal
    31 chops; chicken breasts; duck, beef; liver or eggplant. Add a teaspoon
    32 to lentil soup. Have friends to a dinner featuring the spice, then
    33 send them home with a little jar as a present from your house to
    34 theirs. If you have a spice mill, you can cut the recipe in half.
    35 I've found that a cup is the minimum for grinding in the blender.
    36 Printed from A Cook's Books -- Recipe management for Macintosh
    37


    Servings: 6

    Recipe Type
    Main Dish, Meat

    Recipe Source
    Source: BGE Forum, Bobbyb, 01/16/07

    I love this with my Smashed Pepper Potatoes.

    Printed from A Cook's Books -- Recipe management for Macintosh

    happy eggin

    TB

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  • Got this one from "Todd B" last Nov.... Was really good. Think you need to adjust the time for a bigger leg o lamb.. I am probably cooking this one in a couple weeks.. Really good some people that said they didn't like lamb had seconds.. I am quoting below from the email he sent me...


    "This is my dad's recipe and it's the best one I know. Just put it in
    the egg instead of the oven. You'll love it.



    Floyd's Curried Leg of Lamb

    Source: Floyd Berger
    My father-in-law (Floyd) makes this for the holidays. My mom told him
    we (me and my sisters) would never eat lamb. Boy was she wrong! This
    is so good - words can't give it justice.

    Ingredients:
    1 approx. 5 lb. leg of lamb

    3 Tablespoons lemon juice

    1 Tablespoon curry powder

    1 cloves garlic, crushed

    2 teaspoons salt

    ¼ teaspoon pepper

    2 onions, finely chopped

    ½ cup dry vermouth

    1/8 cup water (add water last, not too much)



    Directions:

    Preheat oven to 400 degrees

    Place lamb on rack in roasting dish (if you add water to the bottom of
    the pan – clean up will go a lot smoother and it really cuts down on
    smoke, etc.).

    Sprinkle lamb with lemon juice

    Mix garlic, curry, salt and pepper with water to make a paste

    Spread the paste over the lamb

    Cook for 30 minutes

    Remove the lamb from the oven and slowly pour vermouth over the top so
    as not to disturb onion.

    Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees, return lam and cook until meat
    thermometer reads 150 degrees for medium or for 15 minutes per pound
    for medium.

    Let lamb sit for 10 minutes prior to slicing."
  • Where do the two chopped onions come in??? Do you put them over the top once the paste is on the Lamb?

    Is the leg boneless or bone-in?
  • I recently cooked an 8lb, bone -in Leg o Lamb and it was superb.
    you can see it here:
    http://www.greeneggers.net/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&Itemid=55&func=view&catid=1&id=429776

    I cooked it hotter than what you are talking about, but I can vouch for it tasting fantastic!
    Also, please note that my 8lb leg barely fit in the Egg. It wouldn't fit on the V-rack as I had intended to cook it. I'd recommend that before you attempt to cook it, put the leg on the grill and see if it fits.

    I foiled the bone that was subject to some direct heat where it was outside the footprint of the platesetter.

    good luck and don't forget to take pics to show us how it came out!
  • I should have updated the recipe...i asked the same question....YES Onions are part of the paste... Jerry