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Garlic and rosemary roast lamb

Festive family favourite lamb leg recipe

6 - 8

Serves

10 mins

Prep Time

4 hrs

Cook Time

Norka Mella Munoz

Recipe author

Norka Mella Munoz

Treat the family to a mouthwatering rosemary and garlic roast lamb served alongside your favourite selection of sides. This traditional dish is simple and easy to prepare but packs a flavour punch with traditional flavours of garlic and rosemary. You can serve with mint jelly or a spicy salsa.

A whole roast leg of lamb is hassle-free to cook and perfect for Christmas or Easter celebrations.

This recipe was created as part of a special Christmas Menu that you can download here.

Treat the family to a mouthwatering rosemary and garlic roast lamb served alongside your favourite selection of sides. This traditional dish is simple and easy to prepare but packs a flavour punch with traditional flavours of garlic and rosemary. A whole roast leg of lamb is hassle-free to cook and perfect for Christmas or Easter celebrations.

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Ingredients

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1 Quality Mark lamb leg

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on the bone

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10 garlic cloves

small

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20 stalks fresh rosemary

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2 carrots

cut into chunks

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2 onions

cut into thick round slices

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1 bottle white wine

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½ litre water

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3 Tbsp olive oil

to rub into the lamb

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black pepper

to taste

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salt

to taste

Method

For the lamb

1

Preheat oven to 150°C.

2

With a small sharp knife pierce holes in the lamb and push the garlic and rosemary into the holes leaving just the tips of the rosemary sticking out.

3

Rub the lamb with the salt, pepper and oil and sear in a hot pan on all sides until nice and brown.

4

Place the lamb in a deep sided roasting dish on top of the carrots and onions.

5

Pour the wine into the pan that you seared the lamb in and bring to the boil to evaporate the alcohol. Add the wine liquid into the roasting dish with the lamb along with half a litre of water.

6

Cover with tin foil and cook in the oven for four hours. Check the meat after three hours and baste and cover again with the foil. Return to the oven for the remaining hour until the meat is falling off the bone.

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Serve with your favourite sides and a selection of condiments such as Norka’s famous mint jelly or her zingy salsa (recipes in the bio above).

Nutrition Information per Serving (276g)

Nutritional information based on 8 serves

Energy

2243kJ (536kCal kcal)

Protein

34.4g

Total Fat

38.7g

Saturated Fat

15g

Carbs

4.5g

Dietary Fibre

2.3g

Sodium

350mg

Iron

4.2mg

Zinc

5.3mg

Vitamin B12

2µg