This past weekend, we hosted Easter at our house. Almost 20 people, ranging from four years old to seventy. It went really well, but what a day! Anyway, this is the schedule I followed throughout the day.
We wanted an early dinner, so the goal was to have everything out by about 4. After some wrangling, we were all eating by 4:30. My mother-in-law was nice enough to prepare the gravy (sauce) and meatballs the night before and bring that over.
What I need:
- 2 full baking sheets for the zucchini and potatoes
- Stock pot and colander
- Skillet
- Oven Trays
10:30 : Prep begins
Remove the lamb, trim the fat off of it
Prep the marinade (also, this video)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 – 2tbsp cut rosemary
- 1 – 2tbsp parlsey
- A little juice of the lemon
- 4 tsp of garlic (or more)
Cut the potatoes in half and throw them in some water
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2.5 tsp italian seasoning
- 2 tsp paprika
- 3 tbsp parmesean cheese
- 1 tsp salt
- Pinch of black pepper
12:30: Get the lamb ready
Pull the lamb from the fridge
- Season it with 1tbsp of salt on each side, plus a bit of pepper
- Add the herb marinade
- Roll it, truss it, get it ready for the oven
Preheat the oven to 425
1:30: Lamb goes in the oven
Lamb goes in at 425 for 20 minutes, then down to 325
This thing is 6.7lbs. It could be anywhere from 2 to 2.5 hours, pull it when the internal temp hits 135
- Note: It took around 2 hours to cook, with temperature at around 300
2:30: Start on potatoes
Dry, season and prep the potatoes
- Add parchment paper to 2 baking sheets
- Drizzle and spread oil on each
- Sprinkle the potato seasoning on each pan
- Place each potato face down
- Preheat the second oven to 400
- Halve and score the zucchinis
- Snow salt on to cross hatched zucchini
3:00: Sides
Potatoes go in the oven
Start warming the gravy on the stove
3:30: Cook the Zucchini
- Put the Zucchini into the skillet, a few minutes on each side
- Move them to a plate as they get finished up
- Add salt, pepper and a bit of italian seasoning and garlic to each
3:30 – 4:00: Everything everything.
Zucchinis in the oven
- Raise heat to 450 in the second oven
- Put zucchini in for 25 minutes or so
Pull the lamb when it’s finished
- Put Manicotti in when the lamb is finished
Put the water for the spagetthi up
- Throw the spaghetti in for a few minutes then transfer to the colander
