Arrosticini: Grilled Lamb Skewers

Arrosticini on the grill at La Baita della Sceriffa, 2009

As teenagers, my friends and I spent many a summer night venturing into the hills above our beach town in Abruzzo in search of arrosticini—lamb skewers cooked over an open flame. We didn’t have a particular destination in mind; we would just zigzag through the hill roads until we found a sign, usu…