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 Lamb on the spit
Lamb on the spit1 lamb 8-9 kilos (18-19 lbs)
olive oil and butter
juice from 2-3 lemons
Salt and Pepper
Take out the guts from the lamb. Wash the lamb and add salt and pepper inside it. Put it carefully on the spit. Tie the lamb with a string on the spit. Also tie its legs. Close also its belly using a needle and string. Put butter, lemon, salt and pepper. Fire the charcoal and let the fire go down. Put the lamb over the fire and start turn it quickly in the beginning and slower as the time goes. You must have a plate with oil and lemon and put it often on the lamb with a brush, until the lamb is done (it takes 3-5 hours).
 
 Roast Lamb with Potatoes
Roast Lamb with Potatoes1 lamb leg 1,5 kilo (3 lbs)
1,5 kilo (3 lbs) potatoes
1 teacup olive oil or butter
2 lemons
Salt and Pepper
First clean and cut the potatoes in pieces. Wash them, add salt and pepper, the lemon juice, stir them and put them in a pan. Wash the lamb and without cutting it, add salt and pepper and put in the middle of the pan. Add the butter or the oil and 2 cups of water. Bake it in hot oven in the beginning and then lower the temperature. When the meat has been baked in one side, turn it on the other side. It needs about 1 hour and 10'. If you want you can put garlic gloves under the skin of the lamb.
The above recipe is for 6-7 servings.