Lamb With Feta Cheese And Grape Leaves

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons onions, chopped
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons garlic, chopped
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh oregano or 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 3 1/2 lbs leg of lamb, boneless, butterflied
• 16 grape leaves, from jar
• 1 1/2 cups feta cheese, crumbled
• 3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 stir first 6 ingredients in small bowl to blend.
• 2 season with salt and pepper.
• 3 rub mixture on both sides of lamb.
• 4 cover and chill at least 2 hours or overnight.
• 5 preheat oven to 450.
• 6 place lamb, fat side down, in roasting pan.
• 7 roast 15 minutes.
• 8 reduce oven temperature to 375 and continue roasting until thermometer inserted into thickest part of lamb registers 135 for medium-rare, about 40 minutes.
• 9 remove from oven; cool slightly.
• 10 cut into 1/4-inch slices.
• 11 cook grape leaves in large pot of boiling water 30 seconds.
• 12 drain well.
• 13 pat dry with paper towels.
• 14 combine cheese and parsley in bowl.
• 15 season with pepper.
• 16 butter 15x10x2" glass baking dish.
• 17 place 8 grape leaves in dish, spacing slightly apart.
• 18 arrange 2 lamb slices atop each grape leaf (reserve remaining lamb for another use).
• 19 spoon 2 tablespoons cheese mixture over lamb on each leaf.
• 20 top each with another grape leaf, covering lamb and cheese.
• 21 brush with melted butter.
• 22 (grape leaf bundles can be prepared 1 day ahead. cover and refrigerate).
• 23 preheat oven to 400.
• 24 bake until lamb is heated through, about 10 minutes.
• 25 transfer grape leaf bundles to platter.