23 Eylül 2012 Pazar

Dinner Guests & Lamb

I have only had lamb a few times, as for a long while I thought I didn't like it.  I always thought lamb was gamey, but if cooked properly, it's not at all.  I had my first delicious taste of lamb at Jeff and Alaina's place.  They put on a great dinner party!  More recently I tried the lamb enchiladas at a local restaurant, and I was again impressed.  Yesterday I cooked lamb for the first time for some special dinner guests.
I spent Friday evening baking a pumpkin gingerbread loaf with spiced butter cream, rhubarb strawberry pie and dinner buns.  
 
I also made three sauces for the lamb: a mint sauce, a cilantro mint sauce and a red wine sauce.
We started with appetizers (bacon wrapped, cream cheese filled jalapenos, goat cheese, an apricot chipotle cheese dip, and crackers):
  
The lamb leg was served with roasted potatoes, dinner rolls and salad.

After letting the food settle for a bit, and having a nice visit, we enjoyed dessert.  
 
After dessert we went to the live theater to see A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline.  It was great!
How was your weekend?  Have you ever cooked lamb? 

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