The cookingbites recipe challenge: lamb or goat

[medtran49]

Publix and Winn Dixie both have square, 1 pound, prepackaged ground lamb, along with grass fed beef, pork, bison, turkey. The only place that has fresh ground lamb is the butcher/grocery store place. The ground lamb I recently bought was $9 a pound. I decided not to make the lamb tenderloin dish because $41 for 2 small pieces is kind of outrageous. I did think about cutting up a rack of lamb, butterflying and pounding, but that was $26 a pound and never went on sale. We're waiting for pasticcio to cool before cutting right now.

 

[badjak]

JAS_OH1
Have you thought of "grinding" it yourself?
There is this method just using a knife
How to Grind Meat without a Grinder in Minutes - The Woks of Life

Or the food processor, but that makes a very fine & sticky mince

 

[JAS_OH1]

JAS_OH1
Have you thought of "grinding" it yourself?
There is this method just using a knife
How to Grind Meat without a Grinder in Minutes - The Woks of Life

Or the food processor, but that makes a very fine & sticky mince

I have ground meat in my food processor before several times. I used to love making filet mignon burgers. My problem is that lamb shanks and lamb shoulders have a large bone and lots of connective tissue and fat. Not sure where I can find a suitable cut of meat for that. And I really only need 1 lb of ground lamb.

Edited to add that using partially frozen chunks when grinding in the food processor prevents it from becoming a sticky paste.

 

[vernplum]

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