Leg of lamb cooked with potatoes
The perfect Sunday lunch - succulent lamb atop potato slices smothered in red wine gravy
Difficulty and servings
Serves 6
Preparation and cooking times
2 hours
- Heat the oven to 230C/fan 210C/gas 8. Start by making deep incisions all over the meaty side of the leg of lamb using a small knife. Whizz the Parma ham, garlic, lemon zest and half of the rosemary in a food processor. Season with pepper and using your fingers, push the mixture into the incisions in the lamb. Pull the rest of the rosemary into sprigs and push a sprig into each incision. Spread the butter over the surface of the meat and season well.
- Season the potatoes, arrange in a roasting tin and pour the stock around. Put the lamb on top and roast for 15 minutes. Turn the heat down to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and continue to cook for a further 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- While the lamb is cooking, make the gravy. Heat the butter and olive oil in a saucepan, add the onions and cook until golden brown. Add the flour and cook for a further 30 seconds. Pour in the red wine, bring to the boil and reduce by half. Add the stock, redcurrant jelly and continue to cook for 5 minutes. Season and serve with the lamb and potatoes.
739 kcalories, protein 69.4g, carbohydrate 15.9g, fat 43.2 g, saturated fat 21.3g, fibre 1.9g, salt 1.71 g
Recipe from olive magazine, March 2007.
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Difficulty and servings
Serves 6
Preparation and cooking times
2 hours
Ingredients
- 2½kg leg of lamb
- 6 slices Parma ham
- 4 garlic cloves
- lemon , zested
- 2 sprigs rosemary
- 25g butter , softened
- 2kg maris piper potatoes , peeled and cut into 1cm slices
- 500 ml vegetable stock
GRAVY
- 25g butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 4 small red onions , peeled and sliced
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 250ml red wine or port
- 600ml lamb beef stock
- 1 tbsp redcurrants jelly
739 kcalories, protein 69.4g, carbohydrate 15.9g, fat 43.2 g, saturated fat 21.3g, fibre 1.9g, salt 1.71 g
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