Lamb Bacon Recipes

LEG OF LAMB WITH BACON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 220°C Cream the butter, anchovies, rosemary and garlic and smear all over the surface of the meat.
• Lay bacon on a board, overlapping to form a rectangle.
• Roll bacon around Lamb and tie at regular intervals.
• Place the Lamb in a roasting tin and pour the wine around evenly.
• Tuck in remaining sprigs of rosemary and pour over the lemon juice.
• Put in the oven and roast for 15 minutes.
• Turn the oven temperature down to 180C and roast the Lamb for a further hour, or more if you like your meat well-done.
• Baste from time to time with the wine juices.
• Take the meat out of the oven and leave to rest in a warm place for at least 15 minutes before carving.
• Meanwhile, taste the juices and add pepper (and salt if necessary).
• During the roasting process the wine should have reduced and mingled with the meat juices and anchovy butter to make a delicious gravy.
• If you find it too thin, reduce to the desired consistency.

LAMB BACON

Steps:

• Make the rub: Combine the salts, brown sugar, bay leaves, and pepper in a bowl and transfer to a large plate or a baking dish. Dredge the lamb breast in the rub and massage it into the surface of the lamb. (You'll probably have some rub left over.) Shake off any excess rub and let the meat sit, covered, in the refrigerator for 5 days, turning the lamb over once a day.
• Rinse the lamb breast thoroughly, pat it dry with paper towels, and allow it to sit uncovered in the refrigerator overnight.
• Cook the lamb bacon: Soak the wood chips in water for 30 minutes, then drain and them pat dry. Prepare your smoker. When the temperature inside the smoker has reached 200°F and the wood chips are smoking steadily, add the lamb, and let smoke. Maintain the temperature at 200°F at least until a thermometer inserted into the center of the meat reads 160°F. This will take about 2 hours, but we recommend smoking for 3, as longer cooking enhances the quality of the bacon. Allow the bacon to cool completely in the fridge and store, wrapped, for up to 1 month.
• Tip: The size of lamb breasts can vary quite a bit, so be sure to buy yours deboned or boneless. A bone-in breast will lose 30 to 35 percent of its weight upon deboning.

LAMB'S FRY AND BACON

Steps:

• Place lamb liver in a small bowl, sprinkle with sea salt, cover with water and refrigerate for a few hours.
• Peel skin off lamb's fry and remove any other pieces of tissue, slice and lightly coat with the flour. I normally like to cut any long strips in half again so they're bite size.
• Remove excess fat and rind from the bacon and chop coarsely. Leave a bit of streaky fat on the bacon, it adds to the flavour.
• Melt butter in a frypan, add bacon and onion and fry around 8-10 minutes over medium to high temperature until onion is soft and bacon is fairly well cooked but not crisp.
• Add lamb's fry and lightly fry a few minutes turning often to brown evenly, you don't need to cook it through at this stage.
• Blend water, vegemite and cornflour and add to the pan and mix through well.
• Bring to a gentle boil, reduce temperature to a simmer and continue to cook for 20 minutes stirring every 5 minutes or so. It may take a little more time but you want a fairly thick gravy runs a little slowly off a spoon.
• Serve with mashed potatoes or it's also good re-heated and served on toast for breakfast.