Deeeaammn Lamb Wraps (with Owney's Rum)

I'm all for a cold winter. But it's posing a few unexpected brick walls. Number one on the 'c'mon, really?' list: the Big Green Egg is frozen shut. The fall-out: having to cook using a normal oven, which induces similar feelings to missing the last train out of Anchorage to Miami on a Friday night. My first idea was to create a seasonally-adjusted Meat Hunx sister site called Soup Slutz. But an avalanche-esque craving for lamb made me think otherwise. So I'm defying my BBQ-negating geo-position with some motherfucking lamb wraps. The Meat is On! Let's do this!

First up, the lamb. Here's what ya need:

- 2 lbs of lamb

- 1 small onion

- 3 cloves garlic

- 1 tablespoon chopped ginger

- juice of 1 lemon

- 2 tablespoons olive oil

- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder

- 2 teaspoons cumin powder

- S and P to taste

- And Berbere

EEER, educational moment and command 1! You gotta get Berbere mix in the mix. It's a spice combo made up of chili peppers, garlic, ginger, dried basil, kararima, rue, ajwain, nigelia and fenugreek. It's a West-African fundamental. Get on it!

Next up:

- Blend the onion, garlic, cilantro, oil, lemon and spices

- Rub the marinade all over the lamb then wrap with string

- Throw the lamb in an air-tight whatever and refrigerate for two hours

- Remove and let the meat come to room temp

- Sprinkle with Berbere, salt and pepper

- Then crank the ovs to 450F and pop your roasting-pan borne foil-covered lamb in

- Dial back to 325F and cook for 2.5 hours

- The lamb is ready to party when it's falling off the bone

Lay your party-dudes out on the warmed wraps and garnish with cilantro, parsley, green onions, salsa and sour cream. And as a wise man once said: "BANGO!"

Educational alert moment and command 2: A pal of mine has adorned the already-rich history of Brooklyn Rum-runners with a new gem: Owneys. It's not the same old rum the world is used to, and I strongly urge you to check out their operation here, if only to increase your chances of enjoying the shit out of Meathunx-inspired Deeeaammn Lamb Wraps. 

Unapolgetically,

MH