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Kokoretsi (Greek Lamb Offal Skewers)

Name: Kokoretsi (Greek Lamb Offal Skewers)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Greece
Ingredients: lamb heart, cubed 300 g; lamb liver, cubed 300 g; lamb lungs, cleaned 250 g; lamb intestines, cleaned 400 g; lemon juice 40 ml; garlic, crushed 25 g; dried oregano 5 g; olive oil 50 ml; fine salt 14 g; black pepper 5 g

Tender lamb offal wrapped in intestine and grilled hard.

50 minutes · 4 servings · Moderate

Kokoretsi is the dish that outsiders find hardest and locals consider ordinary, and it is entirely about the wrapping. The intestine is cleaned and tied so it holds the liver, heart and lung without bursting, and everything is grilled hard over coals with no seasoning at all. The offal must be turned often or it chars.

Ingredients

lamb heart, cubed300 g
lamb liver, cubed300 g
lamb lungs, cleaned250 g
lamb intestines, cleaned400 g
lemon juice40 ml
garlic, crushed25 g
dried oregano5 g
olive oil50 ml
fine salt14 g
black pepper5 g

Directions

1
Toss the offal with lemon, garlic, oregano, oil, salt and pepper and rest 15 minutes.
2
Wrap the mixture in the cleaned intestines to make long skewers.
3
Grill over hot coals 20 minutes, turning often, until firm and cooked through.
the skewers are firm and no longer soft inside

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