Sonoma Grilled Lamb
- 12 cup olive oil (regular cooking oil is fine)
- 13 cup red wine vinegar
- 13 cup dry red wine (or chicken stock)
- 1 (4 ounce) canchopped green chili peppers
- 2 tablespoons hot mustard
- 4 teaspoons dried Italian seasoning, crushed
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 (3 -4 lb) leg of lamb (boned and butterflied*)
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 3 tablespoons honey
- For the marinade:.
- Combine oil, vinegar, wine, broth, undrained chili peppers, mustard, Italian seasoning, and garlic in a small mixing bowl; mix well.
- Remove the fell (it's that really thin kind of pinkish red layer, from the outer surface of the lamb).
- Trim all fat from the lamb.
- Place lamb in a large, heavy plastic bag set in a deep bowl.
- Pour marinade over meat in bag, turning to coat all sides.
- Marinate in the refrigerator for 8 hours or overnight, turning once.
- Remove lamb from marinade, reserving 1/2 cup of the marinade for the basting sauce.
- For the basting sauce:.
- Stir together the reserved marinade, tomato sauce and honey.
- In a covered grill, arrange medium coals around a drip pan.
- Test for medium-slow heat above the pan.
- Insert a meat thermometer into the lamb.
- Place the lamb, fat side up on the grill rack over the drip pan but not over the coals.
- Cover and grill for 40 to 60 minutes or until thermometer registers 140.
- During the last 10 minutes of grilling, brush frequently with the basting sauce.
- Remove meat from grill.
- Cover meat loosely with foil and let stand about 15 minutes.
- The meat thermometer will rise to about 145 for medium-rare.
- Heat any remaining basting sauce to a full boil in a small saucepan.
- Cook for 1 minute.
- Pass at the table.
- *Have your butcher bone your lamb.
- They are mostly very nice about it.
olive oil, red wine vinegar, red wine, green chili peppers, hot mustard, italian seasoning, garlic, lamb, tomato sauce, honey
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/sonoma-grilled-lamb-241321 (may not work)