Friday, January 22, 2010

Marinated Leg of Lamb (butterflied)

1 leg of lamb, 6 to 7 pounds, boned and butterflied
For Marinade:
3/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/3 cup minced fresh rosemary
1/4 cup minced fresh thyme
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons anchovy paste
7 or 8 large cloves garlic, crushed
Trim off any excess fat from the lamb and place it in a 9-by-13-inch pan. Whisk together all the marinade ingredients in a bowl. Scoop out and reserve 1/4 cup of the marinade, and pour the remainder over the lamb. Massage into the meat. Cover and refrigerate for 12 to 24 hours.

Doesn't that just sound awesome?

We're off to Manning for a couple of days and I'm in charge of dinner for Saturday.
This is what I'm making.

There'll be some complaints from Tracy if she spots the mini-barbeque in the back of the truck tomorrow.

she: "what's that for?"
me "dinner"
she "why do you have to take it all the way to Manning?"
me "dinner"
she "Can't you just cook it in the oven, like a normal person?"
me "nope"

At this point Trace will either walk away mumbling or this will go on for 10 minutes or so. Either way I'm cooking it on the mini barbeque.

The marinade came together pretty well. Had to top up the olive oil with a couple of TBSPs of veggie oil. Bought fresh rosemary but unfortunately forgot to find a recipe before buying ingredients.

We have a pretty well stocked cupboard of herbs and I knew I was going with a "Rosemary" marinade, unfortunately, we don't have any thyme, oh well.

Found an extra large ziploc for marinating it in at the bottom of the pantry and noticed a whole box of them at the back.

It was at precisely this moment I thought to myself "maybe I should blow this bag up to see if has any holes in it?". Self thought back "naah, who would put a Ziploc back in the cupboard with a hole in it?".

Self was right, no-one would put a Ziploc back in the cupboard with a hole in it. What use would it be? The whole point of a Ziploc is that it "zips and locks, right?"

Nobody put it back with "a" hole in it, no, not one hole.

This ziploc was apparently a sieve in a previous life poured the marinade in. Out it exited, through more holes than you'll find on a tray of Tim Horton's doughnuts.

The ensuing panic is not worth describing. Suffice it to say, the dog hates rosemary and the Lamb is now resting comfortably inside 2 extra large Ziplocs.

I'll post pictures on Sunday.

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