Home » Greek Easter feast with Oven Baked Lamb & Oregano Potatoes

Greek Easter feast with Oven Baked Lamb & Oregano Potatoes

Written by Published on Updated on May 26, 2019 in Main dishes

Hello everyone, I have not posted these past few days because I have been busy preparing for our Easter, attending Church, etc.

Greek Orthodox Easter is today April 8th, so there is so much to do which involves  cooking, baking and table preparations, which means preparation needs to start a few days earlier.  At Midnight on Megalo Savvato (Holy Saturday) the day before Easter day we attend Church for the resurrection of Jesus Christ and it is officially the last day of the 40 day of fasting (Sarakosti).  When mass is over we then return home to eat a Greek soup that is made of Lamb. (The soup contains a lot more added ingredients of which I don’t even look at, yet alone eat, but this is what is eaten traditionally).  Fasting varies from person to person so some fast for 40 days and some fast Holy Week before Easter like I did. 🙂

When we were still living in Greece we were always off to someone’s home family or friends or both for Easter Sunday, did a lot of food munching, dancing and just having a lovely time.  I was always the one who was in charge of bringing the Spinach/Cheese pies for the table. Last year we were lucky enough to go to Greece to celebrate with family and friends but unfortunately this year a week before we were suppose to leave our car had to go into the garage so this trip was not meant to be…:(  No worries though still having a great time here in the Netherlands.

Oven baked lamb or a bbq lamb chops or most greeks like to bbq (Souvla is the greek word for bbq), a whole lamb is usually the traditional meal of the day. Souvla is a traditional greek way of  bbq, but if you would like to see how it is done, just type in Soulva greek lamb and some photos will pop-up.  I made this baked lamb for everyone else who does eat this traditional Greek food, as for me I don’t eat lamb so its baked potatoes and salad…and some other little delicious greek treats. 🙂     

GREEK EASTER FEAST WITH OVEN BAKED LAMB & OREGANO POTATOES

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Ingredients
  

  • Marinate meat overnight for at least 8 – 10 hrs.
  • 1 Leg of Lamb about 7 – 8 kilos
  • 4 Garlic Cloves crushed
  • 1/2 cup Olive Oil
  • 4 Lemons & juice
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Oregano
  • 1 kilo Potatoes

Instructions
 

  • Pat down leg of lamb with cloth and start buy rubbing olive oil. Then add crush garlic to different areas of the meat.
  • Continue by adding salt, pepper, oregano, and lemon juice.
  • Wrap meat with plastic wrap and place in fridge to marinate for at least 8 to 10 hrs.
  • Wash potatoes thoroughly and cut in half and add olive oil, salt, oregano, pepper. Mix with a wooden spoon so that all the ingredients cover the potatoes.
  • Cook at 180 degrees for just about 3 hrs. About 1 hr into the cooking process cover with aluminum foil so that the meat does not burn on top.

Tags

Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

23 Comments

  1. Ritu
    April 8, 2018 at 2:31 pm  ·  Reply

    This sounds delish! Happy Easter to you and your family Sophie 😍

  2. foodzesty
    April 8, 2018 at 2:32 pm  ·  Reply

    Happy Easter Bennnn!!! 🙂

  3. mistimaan
    April 8, 2018 at 4:34 pm  ·  Reply

    Happy Easter

  4. jyo
    April 8, 2018 at 5:05 pm  ·  Reply

    Sounds too delish Sophie 💯 Happy Easter to u❤

  5. Karin, theaustriandish
    April 8, 2018 at 8:24 pm  ·  Reply

    Happy Easter, Sophie! The lamp looks delicious 🙂

  6. Vero and Canito in the kitchen
    April 8, 2018 at 9:19 pm  ·  Reply

    Happy Easter, Sophie! <3 I am not big fan of lamb, however it looks very good!

  7. dtills
    April 8, 2018 at 11:44 pm  ·  Reply

    Happy Easter Sophie❤️ I do hope you had a wonderful celebration 🐥🥚

  8. kmuccigrosso
    April 15, 2018 at 11:50 am  ·  Reply

    Sounds like your Easter was fabulous also!! My Husband would have loved this meal,I will try it♥️

  9. FrugalHausfrau
    April 15, 2018 at 9:32 pm  ·  Reply

    I think the lamb sounds lovely We don’t eat it often here because it’s usually very expensive and hard to find, except around Easter. People seem to have very strong feelings about eating it (because they’re cute or they don’t like the taste!) Too bad about your car but it looks like you had a fantastic time anyway! And happy birthday, belated, Sophie!!

    Mollie

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.