Easy Roasted Leg of Lamb Recipe
Easy Roasted Leg of Lamb Recipe A delicious tender lamb with bone in roasted in the oven for Christmas family dinner or lunch.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 1 hr 15min
- Total Time: 1 hr 25 min
- Yield: 8
- Category: Dinner or lunch
- Method: oven baked, roasts
- Cuisine: British
Ingredients
- 2 kg Leg of Lamb
- 1 garlic bulb
- Salt and Pepper
- 1/2 bunch of Rosemary
- Olive oil
- Lemon
Get the easy Mint sauce recipe
Instructions
- Prepare the spices and preheat the oven to 160 Deg. C (325 Deg. F)
- Crush the peppers and Himalayan salt. Chop the Rosemary leaves.
- Use a roasting pan with some olive oil in for the leg to roast in.
- Rub the meat with the salt and pepper and sprinkle the rosemary and lemon juice over the meat. Cut small slits in the leg and insert some garlic cloves in them. In different places.
- Roast for about 1 hour and 15 minutes for a pinkish meat. leave for 1 hour and 30 minutes for well cooked.
- While its roasting turn the leg around and baste with the oils and herbs. (optional is to roast some potato’s with the meat with a carrot or two and onion)
- Also make the Easy Mint sauce Recipe while the meat roasts.
- Leave meat to stand and rest for about 15 minutes before slicing. (kept warm by wrapping in foil)
- Slice and serve warm for hot meal with greens and roast potato’s.
- Keep left over meat slices for a meat platter for a family meal, with salads.
- This roasted sliced meat is amazing on sandwiches or other dishes.
Notes
The general rule of thumb for fresh herbs to dried herbs is that you use one third the dried herbs for the fresh herbs called for the recipe.
Find it online: https://www.fillmyrecipebook.com/roasted-leg-of-lamb-mint-sauce/