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I would like to try cook some good roasted lambs head. Its quite common in Norway and Iceland and middle eastern cultures. Is it enough to just torch the hair or does it need to be skinned? After that i will make a stock of the bones. Very ecological cooking.

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+1 for pure badassery – Lizzish Aug 11 2011 at 13:52

aaa · Answer 1 · 2011-08-11 14:20:14Z UTC

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I would say skin it.

answered Aug 11 2011 at 14:20

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Yes but then i would loose the flavor of the skin and i guess it would also protect the meats while cooking. Well, i know better after i have ordered some lamb heads to test from my meat guy. I see that sometimes the hair is just burned off. Pigs head is easier because theres not much hair and you can shave it, and torch easier. I dont like to eat pork tho, its raised to badly here. – Jan Aug 12 2011 at 5:33

delete me · Answer 2 · 2011-08-11 15:36:24Z UTC

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i used to live in jordan! we did this a lot! singe off the hair, then skin it, parboil it, and finish it on the grill with sumac & parsley.

did i mention to clean the oral cavity really, really well? do that!

lamb's tongue is incredible, enjoy.

answered Aug 11 2011 at 15:36

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Sounds really good, i would like to try to keep the skin on, as they do it in norway. Can you go into more detail how did you prepare this dish? – Jan Aug 12 2011 at 10:29

UncleLongHair · Answer 3 · 2011-08-11 15:02:00Z UTC

This blog has a series of posts about eating a pig head, this might give you some ideas.

http://wildernesschilde.blogspot.com/2011/02/pig-head-part-one.html

There are also lamb's head (or sheep's head) recipes online. The 3 major edible areas are the brains, tongue, and the meat attached to the head. You could probably prepare them separately, i.e. open the head, remove the tongue and brains, do something with that, then cut the remaining head into pieces and cook it. Cooking times look to be in the several hour range.

Preparing lambs heads

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