Roast lamb joint

JimmyMac

Well we seem to have a thread for most joints so time for a lamb one!

Planning a lamb roast Christmas Day but can’t decide between doing  leg or loin! Any tips on what might be better and cooking methods?

Astaroth

Personally, dont think you can beat a salt baked leg of lamb with a load of fresh herbs in the dough to flavour the lamb as it cooks

BlueOrange25

I love lamb shoulder.  

Really suits slow cooking so: i. difficult to get wrong; ii. gives great flavour; and iii. you can start it way ahead of time leaving you to sort out the rest of the meal.

paulyoung666

Whatever your gonna do , get a good meat thermometer !!!

Shyam

Any suggestions?

JimmyMac

Thanks for the tips, I have a thermapen which will do the job for checking the temps

paulyoung666

I picked up a digital one from IKEA for about £8 a few years ago , very useful for more than just checking the temperature of meat lol [emoji28]

hyperfish

Just got the mk4 but I didn't pay the full price Manufacturing grade with calibration cert, standard for the food industry but maybe a bit OTT for home use?

IronGiant

Most (many?) of the BBQ crowd use them, if you're going to measure the temperature you may as well get it right   Was that from their Ebay outlet?

hyperfish

No, try before I buy from work. Long story, see what I think with the turkey and either return it or pay the trade price.