Easter Lamb and Ham (pr0n)

fantomlord

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First off, thanks for all the help I got yesterday trying to nail down a cook time for my leg of lamb. now, on to the cook...

Cured a ~9lb shoulder 3/4 cup TQ, 4 cups water, 1/4 cup maple syrup, fistful of peppercorns, and a fistful of whole cloves. Brined for ~18 hours, followed by a overnight soak out, with around 3 water changes. Smoked it yesterday over RO lump, and some hickory to IT of ~155°

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Glazed it today with a mixture of maple syrup, brown sugar, a splash of Dr. Pepper, some ground cloves, ginger, ground mustard seeds, all cooked on low until it was thickened up a bit. Heated for ~1 hour at 225 - 250°. (no finished pics on that...guests were getting impatient for the food, even though I served right when I told them we'd be eating :mmph: )

Then, my favorite part of the meal...a 11.5 lb bone-in leg of lamb...
made a paste with the olive oil, lemon zest, lots of garlic and rosemary, and salt and pepper. rubbed it down, and let it get happy overnight.

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Buried some garlic cloves and rosemary sprigs in a bunch of slits, and on to the WSM

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let it ride at ~300° for ~2 hours or so until it hit IT of ~130°

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rested in a cooler for an hour or so, then seared it. no finished pr0n...see my earlier comment on impatient family :biggrin1:
turned out great! :thumb:
 
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