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Cordero asado is the Castilian roast-lamb tradition Madrid inherited: a 25-day-old milk-fed lamb (lechazo) roasted in a wood-fired clay oven, served with patatas a lo pobre and a green salad.
Cordero asado is the Castilian shepherding tradition that came to Madrid with the 17th-century livestock trade. The milk-fed lechazo (25 days old, 4 to 6 kilos at slaughter) is the canonical roast, taken from the rebano during the spring weaning season. The lamb is rubbed with lard and salt, placed in clay roasting dishes over a layer of potatoes, then slow-roasted in wood-fired clay ovens for 90 minutes. Sobrino de Botin's 1725 oven still produces canonical cordero alongside its more famous cochinillo. Los Galayos in Plaza Mayor has roasted cordero since 1894. The order tradition: 1/4 of a lamb feeds one person, 1/2 feeds two.
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