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Cooking Lamb for Easter? (Tips for Ham too)

It's important to know the proper procedures when preparing lamb for dinner.

When cooking lamb, the proper lamb cooking time and the correct cooking temperature are extremely important. The optimum flavor and tenderness of various cuts of lamb can be consistently achieved when care is taken to follow the guidelines for the recommended lamb cooking times and cooking temperatures.

The following information was taken from the web site recipetips.com

Using the recommended time and temperature guidelines will ensure that the meat is cooked to the minimum safe internal temperature, which is critical in preventing food-borne illness that can be caused by undercooked food. Using an accurate meat thermometer is the best way to ensure the proper doneness of lamb.

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Whether you are looking for a boneless leg of lamb cooking time or a rack of lamb cooking time, use the following chart as a cooking time and temperature guide for lamb cuts that are cooked in the oven, grilled, or are inserted into an oven bag prior to cooking.

Attached are three charts: 1 cooking temps and times; 2 grilling directions; 3 cooking in an oven bag.

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