I am unsure where I actually got this recipe from but it is a super delicious Roast Leg of Lamb
Ingredients
- 1 leg of lamb
- 5 cloves garlic, peeled and cut thinly
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- finely grated rind and juice of 2 lemons
- lots of black pepper
- 2 tsp chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 1/2 tbsp quince or red currant jelly, melted
- 2 cups meat stock or vegetable cooking water
- 3 tsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp cornflour mixed with 1/4 cup marsala or tawny port
- salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Pierce meat with deep, narrow cuts. Push garlic slivers into cuts. Combine oil, lemon rind and juice, pepper, rosemary and melted jelly. Pour over lamb and chill for between 4 and 24 hours in the fridge.
- Heat oven to 200 degrees. Roast lamb for about 1-1.5 hours, reducing temperature to 180 degrees after the first 20 minutes. If serving stuffing bake it at the same time as lamb – it will take about 40 minutes. Rest meat for 5-10 minutes.
- Make sauce; heat roasting pan juices, add stock and vinegar and stir well. Simmer and thicken with cornflour and marsala. Season to taste.
- Carve meat and serve with sauce and optional stuffing.
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