Leg of lamb with asparagus, thermometer
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Reverse-seared Leg of Lamb: Temps and Technique

If you’re about to make the one lamb roast that most Americans make each year, you may be casting about, looking for tips. Well cool your heels—you’ve found the place. A lamb dinner is not something we all enjoy every week in this country (more’s the pity), so it’s not something most folks have practiced…

Roasted goose with roasted potatoes
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How to Roast a Goose: Temperatures for A Christmas Classic

A roast goose for Christmas is about as nostalgic as it gets. Even if you never had goose as a child, you’d probably agree that there’s something homey, comforting, familiar about the idea. No, goose is not exceedingly popular in the States, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy it. With proper temperature tools and…

Lamb chops
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How to Roast a Rack of Lamb: Thermometry for Perfect Doneness

For an elegant, traditional, and impressive holiday meal, it’s hard to beat a perfectly roasted rack of lamb. Lamb is a beautiful and delicious meal, especially when it’s cooked properly, and we have the tips and tools you need to cook it properly. Read on to learn how to get perfect lamb racks for your…

Braised lamb shanks
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Braised Lamb Shanks: Temps and Times for Rich Meat

There’s nothing quite like a good braise. All those vegetables, that rich and unctuous sauce, the fork-tender meat—who could resist? Not us! And especially not if the meat in question is lamb shanks. Lamb shanks bring all the rich, fatty goodness of a braise together with the warm, comfortingly exotic taste of lamb. And we…

Lamb chops and couscous
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Lamb Chops Recipe: Double-cut and Roasted to Temperature Perfection

This post is going up the week before Easter this year, and it’s just in time, hopefully, to help with some amazing feasts. Lamb is one of the quintessential spring foods, rife with the imagery of fertility and new life, and it’s also just good. If you still haven’t nailed down your Easter dinner plans—or…

Smoked leg of lamb
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Smoked Leg of Lamb: Slow and Steady for Perfect Doneness

It’s spring! The ice is melting, the trees are blossoming, the days are warming up, and the smoker is calling. I know I can smoke in the winter, but most of the time I tend to cook indoors. When things start to thaw, though, I get excited. It’s time to move my cooking outdoors! And…