Lechazo is a Spanish dish made from "cordero lechal".

Overview

The meat used is from unweaned lambs, and is similar to

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, or the meat of "cochinillo" (Spanish

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s like

tostón asado {{Short description, Spanish pork dish Tostón asado or cochinillo asado is a dish consisting of roast suckling pig. It is commonly used in the Spanish cuisine of Castile, with the variants of Arévalo and Segovia being the most popular ones, altho ...

). The autonomous region of

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has a distinctive version of lechazo referred to as "

Lechazo de Castilla y Leon Lechazo is a Spanish dish made from "cordero lechal". Overview The meat used is from unweaned lambs, and is similar to veal, or the meat of "cochinillo" (Spanish suckling pigs like tostón asado). The autonomous region of Castile and León ...

". It is one of the most important dishes of the cuisine of the province of Burgos.

Aranda de Duero Aranda de Duero is a city and municipality, capital of the Ribera del Duero comarca, in the south of the province of Burgos, in Castile and León, Spain. It has a population of roughly 33,000 people and lies on the River Duero. The closest i ...

is known as the heart of the dish, with numerous restaurants that specialize in lechazo and feature "hornos de leña", or wooden stoves, in which the

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is roasted. Cordero asado

The lamb used in lechal must derive all its

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from its mother's

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, and must be no more than 35 days old and weigh between 9 and 12 kilograms at the time of slaughter.

References

External links

Official Site of Aranda de Duero's 8th Gastronomic Competition of Roasted Lechazo

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20080610025915/http://canales.nortecastilla.es/agroalimentos/dos/lechzaocastilla.php El Norte de Castilla - Lechazo de Castilla y León
IGP Lechazo de Castilla y León
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