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Great Greek Easter lamb
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Location: Blogs Baby Luke goes Bananas! |
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| Posted by: CeciliaC |
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 |
The most relaxing thing to do during luxury long weekends such as Easter is to cook. And while I love trying new things, I also like when they are not too complicated. For this Easter Lunch I found the perfect recipe in newly acquired Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escapes.
It's full of great, simple flavours, and pretty easy-to-get-your-head-around recipes to boot. The recipe I did was for Lamb Kleftiko, a traditional Greek dish, slow cooked in the oven for three hours. The great thing was, there was no pre-frying, browning of meat or anything, the most complicated thing involved was peeling the potatoes! The recipe uses shoulder of lamb, I got some on the bone, some off, but in hindsight, I think you should stick to just on the bone, to keep the juiciness.
The main flavours came from dried and fresh oregano, fresh bay leaves, a whole head of garlic (no need to peel the cloves!) and lots of juice of lemons.
This is what it looked like before it went in the oven. It was a great success with everyone, including 1,5 year old Luke, who loved the super tender meat and lemony, greasy potatoes.
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