Lamb / Beef / Pork Smoke

[shellbellc]

Hubby loves lamb, he'll do a rack on the grill and I swear it's the most tender meat I've every put in my mouth, I don't like the gamey taste though. He made it for a friendly back yard comp last year and served it with a raspberry coulis (he hates the mint). Sounds odd but it's a great accoutrament. Recipe below...I haven't tried lamb in the smoker yet but I have a leg o'lamb in the freezer that very well may wind up in the blue...by the way, this sauce would be awesome over ice cream, cake, etc...maybe even a glaze on chicken!

Raspberry Coulis:
1 1/2 pounds frozen raspberries
1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Place all the ingredients in a 1-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring the
raspberries to a boil, and reduce the heat to a heavy simmer. Continue to cook the
raspberries until the sugar dissolves, the raspberries burst, and the liquid
reduces by one half, about 15 minutes. Strain the raspberries through a fine mesh
strainer and discard solids. Reserve coulis in a non-reactive container until
ready to use. Coulis will keep, refrigerated, for up to 2 weeks.

Yield: 1 1/2 cups

 

[cajunsmoker]

I would say throw lamb at dog in yard

and serve raspberry coulis over vanilla ice cream

 

[tonto1117]

no really... tell us how you realllllly feel

 

[cajunsmoker]

LOL, sorry I'll stop hiding my emotions

My wife said the leg of lamb I cooked must have come from the lambs arm pit.

I mention lamb and she raises her arm and points.

 

[shellbellc]

I'm with you Rodger, I don't care for lamb at all. I have given it the old college try at least 10 times, but just can't get the taste for it...the raspberry coulis on the other hand....

 

[deejaydebi]

Never did lamb - never cared much for it but smoke might be the ticket! Waiting to hear/see the results.

 

[up in smoke]

Did you guys ever try marinating lamb overnight and add a small handful (1 Tbs.) crushed juniper berries? I use that all the time with potentially gamier cuts of venison to cut that strong taste, would probably work with lamb too!

 

[cajunsmoker]

I never tried it Carl, but I can handle strong venison, Heck sometimes I kind of like it

, but this wasn't like that, it was funky tasting

 

[up in smoke]

It probably wasn’t lightly killed

Y’now all that adrenalin!
(Yeah, I know, “I’m a smart a$$”) Can’t hep myseff!
Although I do remember my gramma (who raised me) fixin it one time when I was a kid…it was god awful, stunk up the house, heck I didn’t try it again til I was in my 40’s (my favorite meat now!)
However I still don’t care for mutton!

 

[deejaydebi]

Pigcicles

It actually looks really good. Do you normally like lamb? Maybe it's just an acquired taste and even smoke can help it if you don't like lamb?

 

[scorpio_fl]

well I think I'll put my two cents in...tried it...didn't really care for it...not when I can cook something I know I'll like...buddy brown...