Grilled Butterflied Leg of Lamb

banner
Preparation info
  • Serves

    5 to 6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Glorious American Food

By Christopher Idone

Published 1985

  • About

Ingredients

  • 1 leg of lamb (5 to 6 pounds), butterflied
  • cups olive oil

Method

Place the leg of lamb in a shallow baking pan.

In a bowl, combine the olive oil, rosemary, lemon thyme, and red pepper flakes.

Pour the oil mixture over the lamb, turning the meat from side to side until well coated.

Cover and marinate for 2 hours, 1 hour in the refrigerator and 1 hour at room temperature.

Prepare the charcoal grill.