California Farm Smoked Leg of Lamb, Greek Style
Greek Chef Michael Psilakis from Brooklyn, New York, self taught, is my go to inspiration for the best roasted and grilled lamb dishes. I used his rubbing mix recipe to flavor this smoked leg of lamb. My method of smoking comes from shepherds from the Pyrenees mountains, they work here in the California Mountains, herding sheep.
It seldom gets below 40F degrees here, and I like to age my lamb 6 days, which has to happen under 40F degrees, so we butcher on a cold winter morning, cut the lamb in four, and age a week in the refrigerator, then wrap and freeze.
California Farm Smoked Leg of Lamb, Greek Style
Greek Chef Michael Psilakis from Brooklyn, New York, self taught, is my go to inspiration for the best roasted and grilled lamb dishes. I used his rubbing mix recipe to flavor this smoked leg of lamb. My method of smoking comes from shepherds from the Pyrenees mountains, they work here in the California Mountains, herding sheep.
It seldom gets below 40F degrees here, and I like to age my lamb 6 days, which has to happen under 40F degrees, so we butcher on a cold winter morning, cut the lamb in four, and age a week in the refrigerator, then wrap and freeze.
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- 1
In food processor, make a smooth paste from the herbs and spices and oils to rub the lamb with all over. Wash outside of lamb first with lemon juice, dry. Let the rub penetrate the lamb overnight on counter till meat feels dry.
- 2
Start the hardwood cold smoke fire in your grill with 1/2 charcoal chimney of mesquite charcoal. When coals are white, add same amount soaked oak hardwood. Add rosemary twigs till you have a nice smoke. Close grill cover, leave vents half open.
- 3
Grill and smoke the leg of lamb till the shank meat pulls back from the bone, about 3 hours. Add a full charcoal chimney of soaked oak hardwood, half chimney of mesquite charcoal, plus rosemary twigs to the fire, close the air intake vent and exhaust vents on grill till almost closed. Smoke overnight over smoldering embers.
- 4
Cut the smoked and trimmed leg of lamb meat in sandwich thick slices. The smoking makes the meat more tasty, so slice in small 4 ounce individual portions. Freezes well, warm one minute in microwave for dinner. Enjoy.
- 5
After deboning the leg of lamb, use the bones and trimmed fat to stew dogfood with rice and beans and vegetables till bones are soft enough to feed the dog.
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