World Flavors Cookbook

Kokoretsi

Spit-roasted lamb offal wrapped in intestines — the great Easter Sunday feast alongside roast lamb, cooked over charcoal.

Cuisine: Greece

Ingredients

• 1kg lamb offal (liver, heart, lungs, kidneys, sweetbreads)
• Lamb intestines, cleaned
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• Dried oregano
• Salt and pepper

Instructions

1. Clean and soak offal in lemon water 1 hour.
2. Season offal with oregano, salt, pepper, and olive oil.
3. Thread offal onto a long spit.
4. Wrap tightly with cleaned intestines in a spiral.
5. Spit-roast over charcoal 2-3 hours, rotating constantly.
6. When intestines are crispy and golden, it is ready.