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Top 10 Easter Recipes

Grill or smoke up a great feast for your Easter Celebration

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Easter is traditionally the beginning of Spring for many people and therefore the first good cookout weekend of the year. This is also a big food weekend filled with ham, lamb, turkey and prime rib, so this is the perfect time to fire up your grill or smoker and make a great meal. Remember that anything you can roast in your oven can be cooked outdoors for more flavor, more fun and more cooking space. This list represents the most popular recipes for last years Easter, a good place for you to get started.

1. Prime Rib Roast

This is a classic prime rib recipe cooked on the grill. The secret is to keep the temperature low enough during cooking and to remove it from the grill when done. Be sure to grill indirectly and also use a drip pan to catch the drippings.

2. Honey Glazed Smoked Ham

This is a great way to take a regular cooked ham and turn it into something spectacular by applying a spicy rub and placing it in a smoker. Let it smoke for a long while and it will taste great.

3. Greek Lamb Marinade

This Greek-style marinade can be applied to any meat, but is particularly good on lamb. Let the meat marinade for a while so the flavors can infuse.

4. Greek Marinated Leg Of Lamb

This is a classic Greek style rotisserie leg of lamb. A great meal for any occasion or holiday, such as Easter. This lamb is so good you'll want to celebrate Tuesday with it.

5. Leg of Lamb

This is a classic, rotisserie leg of lamb with a great marinade, which will result in a perfect, boneless lamb leg, great for any occasion.

6. Herb and Garlic Lamb Loin Chops

This lamb recipe has a very Greek-style to it. These lamb chops are loaded with tenderness and flavor. Be sure to get the loin chops versus regular lamb chops.

7. Smoked Turkey Brine

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This brine recipe makes enough for a whole turkey and will add flavor and give you a juicier and more tender bird.

8. Butterflied Leg of Lamb

This leg of lamb recipe from the American Lamb Board is a great way to grill up a leg of lamb without a rotisserie and without having to worry about drying out the lamb before the center gets cooked. Typically a boneless leg of lamb is already butterflied but you want to make sure that it has a uniform thickness so it will cook evenly.

9. Slow Roasted Prime Rib of Beef

Ah, there's nothing quite like prime rib. This prime rib is slow roasted making it even more tender. There is a simple, but flavorful rub which will give you a great gravy afterwards.

10. Spicy Rotisserie Leg of Lamb

This is a wonderful Mediterranean rotisserie lamb dish. Serve up with yogurt dressing and pita bread or with grilled potatoes.

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