Greek Lamb Kleftico
- 1 4 lb (1.8 kg). boneless leg of lamb OR
- 8 shoulder lamb chops
- 8 slivers garlic
- 8 small carrots, cut in half
- 8 small white onions
- 8 small stalks celery, cut into 20 inch pieces
- 8 small potatoes, peeled, halved, and buttered with 4 tbsp (60 ml) melted butter
- 3 tbsp (45 ml) fresh lemon juice
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) dried oregano
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) dried mint
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 C.).
- If using leg of lamb, cut meat into eight 4 to 5-inch serving pieces.
- Make incisions in meat and insert slivers of garlic.
- Place each piece of meat on a large square of heavy-duty aluminium foil.
- Distribute the vegetables evenly among the eight packets.
- Add a few drops of lemon juice, salt, pepper, oregano, and mint.
- Fold the foil in double fold at top and seal like a package.
- Arrange packages close together in a baking pan and bake 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
- Serve each foil package, sealed, on dinner plate and let each guest open his own.
chops, garlic, carrots, white onions, stalks celery, potatoes, lemon juice, salt, oregano, mint
Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/00132F (may not work)