Spit Roasted Lamb For Your Party

Creating a juicy spit roast lamb can be challenging, especially if it’s your first attempt. Our helpful step-by-step guide will assist you through this process:

1. Choose your cut of meat — Unsure of the amount of lamb you’ll need? Our whole lamb weighs around 12kg, allowing bone removal and shrinkage, feeding approximately 36 people. Aim for about 350g per person. We offer the best cut of lamb spit roast for smaller portions — legs of lamb boned and rolled, yielding plenty of tender meat. 
2. Set up ingredients and equipment — Prepare all your food ingredients and other supplies needed. We recommend having extra coal if your spit needs topping up. Opt for a Greek-inspired spit roast lamb, or ‘souvla’, with fresh rosemary, oregano, parsley, garlic, lemon, sliced bread, red wine, salt, pepper, and olive oil for the perfect lamb spit roast.
3. Season your lamb — Lay the lamb on butcher’s paper, rub it with sliced lemon, and coat its skin with seasoning. Trim any silver skin from your lamb and rub your oil and seasoning into the cavity of the lamb. Consider inserting wine-soaked bread into the cavity to absorb fat drippings and steam the inside. Leave extra seasoning inside and sew it up with butcher’s twine and needle. Making small incisions all over the lamb, insert garlic slices into the meat. Allow the meat to sit at room temperature for 30 to 60 minutes as you prepare the fire.
   
4. Prepare the fire — Once your coal has heated up, secure the lamb onto the skewer and place it above the spit.
5. Baste the meat — Baste the lamb every 15 to 20 minutes while cooking to keep the meat nice and juicy. It could take around 4 to 5 hours to cook a whole lamb. If using a thermometer, insert the thermometer into its leg or shoulders. Once the temperature reaches 63 degrees celsius, allow the meat to rest for 15 minutes before carving.
6. Enjoy! — Slice, serve and enjoy the meat! 

At Pendle Hill Meat Market’s lamb spit roast catering, we have everything you need for an unforgettable dining experience from home. As one of Australia’s most renowned meat suppliers of over 40 years, we are proud to offer a variety of meats, fresh produce, condiments and much more at competitive prices. If that’s not enough, you can combine our boneless pork, beef and lamb into one scrumptious spit bar! With our home delivery service within a 25km range across Sydney and contactless car park click and collect available, hiring a spit today couldn’t be easier.