Current Events > I'm making lamb kleftiko tonight

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You basically take a big old leg of lamb marinaded in typical greek flavours and rest it on a bed of potatoes and braise/roast it for hours. There's no way this will not be good.

Any greeks have some protips though?

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hnnngggg

I don't think I'm looking forward to my PhD as I am to the moving out and being able to try out this stuff that will accompany it
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I need to explore lamb. Never cooked lamb and barely eaten any. Maybe after Ive explored Indian cuisine. Well I can use lamb with that too I guess.

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FF_Redux posted...

I need to explore lamb. Never cooked lamb and barely eaten any. Maybe after Ive explored Indian cuisine. Well I can use lamb with that too I guess.

Lamb is quite polarising I think. For some people it's their favourite meat, for others its horrible.

Personally I think its pretty incredible. It's somehow succulent and gamey at the same time. And yes indian food uses a LOT of lamb, because it holds up really well in curries (and any kind of long, slow cooking).

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pinky0926 posted...

FF_Redux posted...

I need to explore lamb. Never cooked lamb and barely eaten any. Maybe after Ive explored Indian cuisine. Well I can use lamb with that too I guess.

Lamb is quite polarising I think. For some people it's their favourite meat, for others its horrible.

Personally I think its pretty incredible. It's somehow succulent and gamey at the same time. And yes indian food uses a LOT of lamb, because it holds up really well in curries (and any kind of long, slow cooking).

To clarify, a lot of Hindus are vegetarian, so they don't use lamb as much. But cuisines of neighboring countries that don't have large Hindu populations use lamb a lot (such as Pakistani)
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teep_ posted...

To clarify, a lot of Hindus are vegetarian, so they don't use lamb as much. But cuisines of neighboring countries that don't have large Hindu populations use lamb a lot (such as Pakistani)

Ah ok fair. I suppose when I'm talking about indian food I'm talking about BIR food.

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im definitely eating at pinkys one day

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i think Ill first cook more classic stuff with lamb before using it in curries etc, mainly to learn about the flavors and stuff.

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https://i.imgur.com/E25AQQD.jpg

Made a salad and some yogurt mint stuff to go with. Pleased with this!

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looks delicious

you can tell its been cooked well because the bones are sticking out a lot

gimme dat lamb fat roast potatoes

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Parappa09 posted...

looks delicious

you can tell its been cooked well because the bones are sticking out a lot

gimme dat lamb fat roast potatoes

Thanks! I cooked it at about 140c for 4 hours, then at 220 opened up for 20 minutes to brown it, then thr potatoes for a further 30 minutes to crisp them up a little. The potatoes really were the best bit

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I wish they sold lamb here like they sell beef and pork, lamb is usually at thr special meat section and more expensive and stuff. Its not that popular.

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