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Post by Gus65 on Jun 15, 2015 12:31:15 GMT 10
Couldn't wait to use the BBQ's again and there was a little lamb leg roast sitting in the fridge so I consulted the interweb and found this. www.food.com/recipe/capetown-lamb-south-africa-174130Made the marinade using worcestershire, soy, brown sugar, dijon mustard, mustard powder, Lemon Juice, olive oil, garlic, ginger, shallots, coriander, cumin seed and some of my dried chilles. cooked and simmered until thick then brushed all over the lamb after cutting little slits in it and inserting slivers of ginger and garlic. Some of the marinade was saved to baste with and then use as a sauce. Left that for about 5 hours to marinate and cooked indirect to temp basting three times during the cook. Remote thermometer said medium but it was a little pink for the wife's liking. Served with vegies cooked in the kettle alongside the lamb. Remaining marinade was reheated and used as the sauce. On the to do again list as well. Was very tasty
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Post by smokey on Jun 15, 2015 19:11:38 GMT 10
Well, Looky here what I have in the fridge waiting for just this This sounds fantastic. Looks like a Thursday night leg O lamb African Lion Safari style at the Nash house
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Post by Gus65 on Jun 15, 2015 22:42:32 GMT 10
You wont regret it. Great meal.
Heaps of flavour in the marinade and sauce, does lamb justice but if I was to do it again I'd cook the lamb just a little longer. It was awfully close to under done.
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Post by smokey on Jun 20, 2015 13:02:50 GMT 10
Making this marinade/ sauce now. I added a pinch of nutmeg and a pinch of allspice. The smell in the house is amazing. Its very Monkey gland so it's good from the get go. Thanks for putting this up. Will marinate overnight in a zip lock for a Sunday arvo roast.
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Post by Gus65 on Jun 20, 2015 16:34:47 GMT 10
The saved part of the marinade that doesn't end up on the roast goes great when you use the left over lamb on toasted sangas.
Had three days worth of lunches out of it and enough for a drizzle over some chops the following weekend.
Making a double batch next time.
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Post by shayneh2006 on Jun 21, 2015 14:52:58 GMT 10
Mmm I am liking the sound of this.
Gus..... How do ya reckon it would go with,,, combining all the marinade ingredients in a small pot, but only give it a brief initial simmer (just so the flavours fuse), then like Mick, into a Zip lock for the night (or even longer if time permits) in the loose marinade.
Then, when you are ready to cue it, do the final cook down of the marinade to thicken, then proceed as you have instructed.
A theory would be that if the marinate is "loose/runny" it may offer a better penetration into the meat.
Don't take me the wrong way and the recipe sounds great as it is, just throwing an idea out there is all.
I will be doing this the next time we have Lamb.
Thanks for sharing this Angus.
Shayne
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Post by Gus65 on Jun 21, 2015 23:12:02 GMT 10
Shayne. You hit the nail on the head when you said the flavours had to fuse.
Marinade doesn't cook long at the first stage so it shouldn't matter how long you do it as long as the mixing and mellowing stage had happened. I reckon it needs the flavours early to cut through the lambyness.
It's always about trying different ways to get to the end result and this was the first time I did the recipe so I always do it the way the author wrote it the first time then adjust to suit my tastes.
Future cooks will be different but with the same origins. Really want to try this with shanks done low and slow. Long marinade and charcoal or maybe a Souvide.
Give it a crack with your variations and let us know what you reckon.
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