New Zealand Roast Leg of Lamb

Name: New Zealand Roast Leg of Lamb
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: New Zealand
Ingredients: 2kg leg of New Zealand lamb; 6 cloves garlic, sliced into slivers; 4 sprigs fresh rosemary, tips only; 3 tbsp olive oil; sea salt and cracked pepper to season; roasted potatoes and steamed vegetables to serve; 1 cup red wine for gravy; 1 cup lamb or chicken stock for gravy

A simple, stunning New Zealand roast, studding a leg of lamb with garlic and rosemary before slow-roasting until tender.

Total time

130 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

110 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

New Zealand

Ingredients

2kgleg of New Zealand lamb

6 clovesgarlic, sliced into slivers

4 sprigsfresh rosemary, tips only

3 tbspolive oil

sea salt and cracked pepperto season

roasted potatoes and steamed vegetablesto serve

1 cupred wine for gravy

1 cuplamb or chicken stock for gravy

Instructions

Stud lamb all over with garlic slivers and rosemary tips.

Rub with olive oil and season generously.

Roast at 200°C for 20 minutes then reduce to 170°C for 1.5 hours (medium-pink).

Rest 20 minutes.

Deglaze pan with wine and stock for gravy.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

123

Protein

0.9g

Fat

11.4g

Carbs

5.6g

Fiber

2.9g

Sodium

6mg

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