Grilled or Roast Leg of Lamb with Thyme and Orange

Preparation info
  • Makes

    6

    or more servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      1 hr

Appears in
The Best Recipes in the World: More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home

By Mark Bittman

Published 2005

  • About

How wonderful is the marriage between thyme and lamb? So wonderful that this dish conjures up visions of Greeks spit-roasting lamb or goat on rocky hills above the sea, basting it with branches of thyme dipped in olive oil. (Which is not a bad recipe itself, especially if you have the rocky hills and sea.) This lamb is lovely with a rice dish or simply with bread.

Note, interestingly, that this recipe is virtually the same as the one that follows—except the flavors are distinctly di