🇲🇦 Morocco recipe
Mechoui
The ultimate Moroccan feast centerpiece, mechoui is a whole lamb slow-roasted for hours until the meat is so tender it can be pulled apart with bare hands. The exterior is rubbed with a paste of cumin, butter, and salt that creates a deeply seasoned, golden crust while the interior remains impossibly juicy and succulent.
Prep30 mins + 4 hr marinate
Cook3 hrs 40 mins
Serves8
Difficultyhard
Ingredients
- 1 leg of lamb (about 2.5kg), bone-in
- 100g softened butter
- 3 tablespoons ground cumin, plus extra for serving
- 2 tablespoons sweet paprika
- 1 tablespoon coarse sea salt, plus extra for serving
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 6 cloves garlic, crushed to a paste
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 520
- Protein
- 44 g
- Carbs
- 2 g
- Fat
- 36 g
