Barbecued Butterflied Leg of Lamb with Mint
- 1 each leg of lamb
- 3/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 13 cup mint jelly
- 13 cup mint leaves fresh, minced
- 1 x mint sprigs optional
- 1 x salt
- 1 x black pepper
- 1 small pocket bread
- Lay meat boned side up.
- Slash about halfway through thickest portions, as needed, and pull meat, patting cut edges down, to make the piece relatively even.
- Place lamb in a 9x13 inch pan.
- In a 1 1/2 quart pan over medium-high heat, stir vinegar with 13 cup mint jelly just until boiling.
- Stir in mint and pour evenly over lamb.
- Cover and chill 2 hours or up to a day.
- Turn meat over occasionally.
- On firegrate in a barbecue, with a lid, ignite 50 to 60 charcoal briquets.
- When briquets are dotted with ash, in about 30 minutes, spread them into a single layer; scatter 10 to 12 more briquets over coals.
- Set grill 5 to 6 inch above coals.
- Lift meat onto grill; reserve marinade.
- Put lid on barbecue and open vents.
- Turn meat as needed to brown evenly; baste with marinade.
- Cook until thickest part of meat is done to your liking; for rare (140' on a thermometer) in center of thickest part, allow about 40 minutes total.
- Thinner sections will be well done.
- Transfer lamb to a platter and let rest 5 to 10 minutes.
- Garnish with mint sprigs.
- Slice meat thin.
- Season to taste with mint jelly, salt, and pepper.
- Eat with knife and fork or tuck into pocket bread.
lamb, balsamic vinegar, mint jelly, mint, mint sprigs optional, salt, black pepper, pocket bread
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/barbecued-butterflied-leg-of-la-39309 (may not work)