Lamb Roasted in Oiled Parchment

This is a contemporary version of kleftiko lamb, a famous dish in which lamb was roasted in its skin, buried in the hot embers of a fire that was set in a hole in the ground and covered loosely with dirt. This method was developed by the Kleftes, the Greek guerrillas who fought against the Turks in the eighteenth century. They roasted their lamb this way so that neither its aroma nor the smoke of the fire would betray their hideout.

Many variations of Kleftiko can be f