Does anyone have a good capuzzelle recipe?

[PGH_RAM]

I'm buying a whole lamb for Easter, and will be getting the head along with the offal. My Italian grandfather used to wax poetic about a dish called "capuzzelle" (also "capozelli", depending on which part of the boot you're from). Alas, he never made it while I was old enough to remember it. It's essentially a roasted, sometimes stuffed, lamb's head. My Mom **never** made it. She was squeamish and couldn't stand looking here food in the eye.

I've found a few interesting recipes via Google, but figured I'd ask the real pros here for recipes and ideas.

I've been thinking of adapting the recipes I've found, pulling the parts that sound best from each one, and roasting the head on my Weber kettle 22" using the charcoal baskets on either side. Maybe go crazy and throw a chunk of pecan wood in there.

What are your thoughts?

[RonB]

I can't help with with the head, but I often pick and choose parts of several recipes to suit my taste, (pun intended).

[holehogg]

Warning method is not indorsed or recommended by me.

This is how it's done in South Africa and believe me you find a lot of these vendors in the industrial areas occupying a street corner doing a roaring trade, without any retaliation from authorities, yet they hard on legislation with legitimate establishments.

Not to be opened by the squeamish.

https://youtu.be/7g1TwS8keL8?si=cG-fCgqCvQbL8STR

[PGH_RAM]

Fascinating, thanks for sharing the link!

I think I'll start with the head already skinned, for one. Two, let's talk about the cleanliness of those buckets... :-D

[Troutman]

It is a bit "cringeworthy" but if you can get over what it is, I suppose it might me tasty. Here's a version from a website I get some of my Itailian recipes from.

https://www.cookingwithnonna.com/italian-cuisine/capuzzelle-lambs-head-alla-barese.html

[PGH_RAM]

Cooking With Nonna is one of my favorites. It's the first site I went to when I started looking. :-D