Agnello, Agnellone, Abbacchio

Agnello da latte (called abbacchio by the Romans) are milk-fed lambs slaughtered at 3 or 4 weeks old, when their meat is very pale and tender. Agnello are slightly older lambs, between 9 and 12 weeks old, weighing up to 15 kg (30 lb). They are both milk-fed and reared on pasture and their flesh is both tender and flavour-some. Lambs of this size are often cooked whole on a spit. Agnellone are killed at about 6 months old and have very tasty meat which is mostly used in stews and ragùs.