Marinated Leg of Lamb Recipe

You don't have to have a rotisserie to grill a leg of lamb. Just start with a boned piece of meat ---

 

Ingredients

1 5- to 6- pounds lamb

1/2 cup cooking oil

1/3 cup lemon juice

1/4 cup finely chopped onion

2 tablespoons finely snipped parsley

1 teaspoon salt

3/4 teaspoon dried basil, crushed

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed

1/4 teaspoon dried tarragon, crushed

 

Method

Have your meatman bone the leg of lamb and slit the meat lengthwise so you can spread it flat on the grill like a thick steak. For marinade, in a bowl combine the oil, lemon juice, chopped onion, parsley, salt, basil, thyme, and tarragon. Place lamb in a large plastic bag set in a deep bowl. Pour lemon juice marinade over the lamb and close bag. refrigerate meat 4 to 6 hours, turning bag occasionally to coat lamb evenly with marinade.

 

Drain lamb, reserving marinade. Insert two long skewers through meat at right angles making a +, or place meat in a wire grill basket. (The skewers or grill basket make it easier to turn the meat and keep it from curling during cooking.)

 

To serve, place lamb on a carving board, removing the skewers or removing the basket. Cut lamb across the grain into thin slices. Serves 10.

 

Note: This marinade is equally good on a bone-in leg of lamb such as the one picture in the tip box at right.

 

Per serving(1/10 of servings): 439 g calories, 27 g Protein, 1 g carbohydrates, 36 g fat, 309 mg sodium

 

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