Roast Leg of Lamb

Name: Roast Leg of Lamb
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2kg leg of lamb; 6 cloves garlic, sliced; 3 sprigs fresh rosemary; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp sea salt; 1 tsp cracked pepper; 1 cup red wine; 1 cup beef stock; mint sauce to serve

A classic British Easter centrepiece, roasting a leg of lamb studded with garlic and rosemary until tender and fragrant.

Total time

100 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

80 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

British

Ingredients

2kgleg of lamb

6 clovesgarlic, sliced

3 sprigsfresh rosemary

3 tbspolive oil

1 tspsea salt

1 tspcracked pepper

1 cupred wine

1 cupbeef stock

mint sauceto serve

Instructions

Make incisions all over the lamb. Insert garlic and rosemary sprigs.

Rub with olive oil, salt and pepper.

Roast at 200°C for 20 minutes. Reduce to 180°C. Continue for 1 hour (medium-rare) or 1 hour 20 minutes (well done).

Rest 20 minutes.

Make gravy from pan juices, wine and stock. Serve with mint sauce.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

171

Protein

1.4g

Fat

11.2g

Carbs

6.4g

Fiber

2.2g

Sodium

710mg

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