Boneless leg of lamb on the Santa Maria rotisserie

[SmokinAl]

Ok I have been watching the price of lamb come down a bit, and picked up a 6+ lb. Greenwise boneless leg of lamb from Publix.
I unwrapped it from the netting & rolled it out. I trimmed all the extra fat & silver skin out & covered it in Chimichurri sauce. Coated both sides really well & let it rest in the fridge overnight in a zip lock bag.. We had some neighbors coming over for dinner, about 8 people. So I wanted to get this right. After I took it out of the bag I rolled & tied it up & put it on a spit for the SM roti. Here are a few pics!
Here it is fresh from the store.

I opened it up & did some trimming.

This is about all the trimming it needed.

Next I made a Chimichurri (SPELLING) sauce to coat it with, and coated both sides.
Then into a plastic bag & into the fridge over night.
Here is the recipe!
1 bunch of parsley
5 mint leaves +or- to taste
3 sprigs chopped rosemary
2-3 sprigs oregano
2-3 cloves garlic chopped
2 whole shallots chopped
1 tsp red wine
EVOO until covered

Next get the SM fired up with some charcoal. Just going to use the charcoal as a coal bed & cook the lamb with a combo of hickory & oak.

I re rolled & tied the leg & now it's time to put the leg on the spit.

Then onto the SM .

It only took a little over 2 hours to get to 135, which is where I pulled it at, then tented it on the counter & it easily cruised up to 140. I used that rosemary sprig to baste it with. I just basted it with the extra juices from the pan when I put it on the grill.

I'm sorry I didn't get any sliced pics, but I had 8 hungry people around me wanting to eat. I almost didn't post this because I didn't have any finished shots.
We had it with a Greek salad & garlic mashed potatoes.
My friends just devoured this thing & the only photo I have is the next day when we made some gyros with the leftovers. Of course Judy made homemade pita bread.
And I nuked the lamb & added some taziki (spelling) sauce. It was still real juicy & tender, although the nuking it did over cook it a bit, but it was still good.

Thanks for looking guys. I will definitely do this again. I'm hoping around Easter lamb will go on sale again. Or I may have to drive up to Sam's & see what they have.
Al

 

[xray]

It looks delicious Al! That Santa Maria attachment looks like such a nice cooker!

I’ve had lamb once and it was good, I’ll have to start paying closer attention to the prices.

Big like!

 

[pushok2018]

Mmmmm.... This is one awesome looking leg of lamb! Looks sooo yummy even without sliced shots! LIKE!

 

[Sowsage]

That looks great Al! Looks like that SM gave it a perfect crust. I have not been able to find leg of lamb around here but I do still have one frenched rack leftover in the freezer. If you dont mind sharing what all goes into your chimichurri marinade? Ive only ever had store baught chimichuri sauce you find in the salsa section.

 

[chef jimmyj]

Beautiful! I grew up eating Lamb and love it. My Wife's family were not fans. My FIL had the displeasure of eating Mutton 3 times a day in the South Pacific during portions of WWII. After that, he could not even stand the smell of Lamb cooking. To keep Bev happy, I only eat Lamb out at restaurants. Totally Jealous over here!...JJ

 

[sawhorseray]

That leg 'o lamb looks wonderful Al, a beautiful piece of work! I like to insert little pieces of garlic into lamb and cook them on my Ronco 4000. Your rotisserie over a open fire would add a whole other dimension of flavor. Lamb with mint apple jelly, cold lamb sammies, now you got me thinking Al. Big Like, RAY

 

[jcam222]

Looks fantastic Al!! I did one sous vide with chimchurri over the weekend. You got a much nicer sear using the Santa Maria. Funny enough I’ll be doing a gyro type thing with my leftovers tonight! I’ve really got to get a Santa Maria set up. Hoping maybe something that would work with my Vision Kamado.

 

[tx smoker]

Al....that is simply gorgeous!! That lamb looks to absolutely die for!! Sadly I have a similar issue as JJ: Tracy doesn't like lamb. Being that we rarely if ever go out to eat, it's just not something I get to eat. Growing up my dad didn't like lamb but mom and I loved it. Dad was a member of the local Home Builders Association and they had a meeting every month. When he went to the meetings, we had lamb. It was a special treat that I remember well...in addition to some great bonding time with my mother. Thank you for bringing back those memories Al!!

Remembering back,
Robert

 

[TNJAKE]

Lamb looks delicious!

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Lamb looks damn good Al! Love doing lamb chops and occasionly leg. Haven't had any in awhile I think its about time! Nice job!

 

[texomakid]

Really looks good Al. I'm in the same boat as Robert & JJ (so to speak.) My only attempt at Lamb was with a beautiful rack of lamb chops I had smoked and my wife and others didn't like lamb at all. I was the only one to eat any of it (and I like it.) I can only live vicariously through you and others in the lamb/mutton adventures. Very nice.

 

[73saint]

That looks amazing Al!

 

[fowldarr]

THanks for the write up, I'm going to add it to my list of things 'to do'!

 

[tropics]

Al I have skipped posting some cooks because of no finished shot,what you have showing looks great to me.Thanks for sharing
Richie

 

[smokerjim]

looks delicious Al, nice write up

 

[John Russell]

That looks magnificent! I too, have a wife who doesn't like lamb, so I only get it when we go out to eat, or when she's traveling for work. I'm going to do a smoked adobo lamb shoulder, with an avocado/cilantro sauce for lamb tacos next week while she's outta town. I also love lamb ribs on the smoker

 

[chopsaw]

That looks great . Gonna get me a roto set up for one of my kettles . That's a great looking hunk of meat right there .

 

[gmc2003]

Perfection Al. I can only imagine the faces of your friends when you brought that baby inside.

Point for sure
Chris

 

[tx smoker]

Perfection Al. I can only imagine the faces of your friends when you brought that baby inside.

Yep, I gotta side with Chris on this one. That is without doubt one of the most beautiful roasts I've seen posted here. Just perfect!!

MHO,
Robert

 

[Nole4L]

Looks incredible. I'm going to have to give this a try.