Jon Finch - Backyard Cook

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BBQ Leg of Lamb

marinade about to get blitzed

The awesome combo of a charred, rich, sticky, morish bark on the lamb with the beautifully slow cooked, succulent meat on the inside. The trick to this recipe is building up a good two zone fire in your grill. Hot sear on one side then moving over to cook through on the other. 

Serves 6-8

INGREDIENTS

  • One leg of lamb - approx 4kg

  • 10g Malden sea salt

  • 4–5 anchovies in oil from a jar 

  • 1 clove garlic, peeled

  • 2 tbsp Dijon mustard

  • juice of 1 lemon

  • bunch of rosemary

  • 25ml olive oil

  • freshly ground black pepper

push the marinade deep into the slashes you have made

METHOD

  1. Put everything apart from the lamb in a food processor and blitz to a rough paste.

  2. Add more oil if too thick

  3. Slash the leg of lamb in several places 

  4. Put the leg in a tray and massage liberally all over with half the wet rub - getting into all the deep slashes

  5. Set your BBQ up with a 2-zone fire (p.00)

  6. Place the lamb on the hot side of the grill turning every 2-3 minutes until seared and brown all over. Approx 15 mins total

  7. Now move the lamb over to the indirect, cooler side of your BBQ to cook through.