Sounds like you want to do right by the gift and make it tasty as possible. Google "leg of lamb recipe". Several there. I have tried lamb but just not my cup of tea.
http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/18870...-with-rosemary
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Sounds like you want to do right by the gift and make it tasty as possible. Google "leg of lamb recipe". Several there. I have tried lamb but just not my cup of tea.
http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/18870...-with-rosemary
redder than beef ..... cook it s l o w on the grill. Don't need marinade if it was processed right. Salt & pepper it and cook it on the grill.
Alternate method #1 - throw it on a HOT grill with some hickory and char it. Take it off, wrap it tight in foil and put it in a 220° oven for about 4 hours.
Lamb is best medium rare to medium if you can stand the juice.
Alternate method #2 - good for the cold weather. Cut the meat off the bone and cook it like a beef stew with onions, carrots & taters. Save the bone and flavor a pot of pintos or lintels with it.
olive oil, mint, garlic and rosemary rub then roast @425 until internal temp is 145....it needs to be on the rare side and is an acquired taste for most rednecks.
Sounds to me I don't like it already, but will give a try, Thanks guys
Being from the Middle East, where lamb is the preferred meat of choice, I grew up hearing about lamb meat, lol. I am not a fan of lamb at all....would rather beef, but most of my family loves lamb. Here is the way my mom makes it. Take the leg of lamb and rub it with olive oil, spices of your choice, especially rosemary and garlic powder, maybe some cumin. Then, make slits all around the leg, in a bunch of spots, and stuff garlic cloves in the slits.....lots of it. Next, put in a baking pan and cover tightly with foil and bake at 350 for 4 hours for an average size leg.............more or less, when you account for size. Keep checking it after 3 hours or so. The meat will be very moist and tender, but it has a different taste than beef. It will not dry out this way like it does on the grill. I believe you will like it this way. Let us know how it comes out.
Don't fry it, you'll ruin it. Marinade it like someone said for a good 24 hours and smoke on the grill slow to a medium rare for about 8 hours. The same is done for cabrito (goat kid). Believe me, I know what I am talking about.