Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, roast leg of lamb. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook roast leg of lamb using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Roast Leg of Lamb:
- Take 1 leg of lamb, about 2kg
- Get 2-3 cloves garlic, peeled and cut lengthways
- Make ready sprigs fresh rosemary
- Take English mustard powder (optional)
- Make ready 2 sticks celery
- Prepare 1 onion, peeled
- Take 1 carrot, peeled
- Get glass dry vermouth or white wine
- Prepare salt and black pepper
Steps to make Roast Leg of Lamb:
- Cut slits into the lamb with a sharp pointed knife and push sprigs of rosemary and slivers of garlic inside. Sprinkle mustard powder over the top if you have some, then lots of black pepper and salt. Preheat the oven to 220C/Gas 7.
- Cut the onion into four and the celery and carrot into halves. Pour some olive oil into a roasting tin and add the vegetables, turning in the oil and then arranging in a kind of platform. Add any left over garlic and rosemary and season.
- Rest the lamb on top then place in the hot oven. Roast for 15-20 minutes until the top is starting to brown, then turn the heat down to 190C/Gas 5. Add a glass of vermouth (or wine, you can use red instead if you prefer) and a glass of water.
- Return to the oven and cook for an hour, if you'd like the meat to be slightly pink, an hour and a half if you don't. Allow to rest for 30 minutes.
- At the bottom of the roasting tray you should have a delicious gravy that doesn't need much more than straining into a pan and reheating. Slice the lamb and serve.
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