Roasted Lamb Rump With Fresh Green Sauce

Celebrating Christmas with fresh, fast flavours

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Serves

6 - 8

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

50 mins

Get nostalgic this Christmas and harness all those traditional flavours but in a quick, convenient way. The Rum and Que rub adds is a real flavour bomb, gives you all the traditional dinner flavours with half the effort!

This recipe is courtesy of greenleabutcher.co.nz.

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Ingredients

lamb rump
  • 4 Ovation lamb rumps

  • 2 tsp Rum and Que 'Ram Rod' BBQ Rub

fresh green sauce
  • 1 large bunch fresh mint

    leaves removed
  • 1 large bunch Italian parsley

    leaves removed
  • 1½ Tbsp capers

  • 4 anchovy fillets

  • 2 garlic cloves

  • juice of 1 lemon

  • ¼ cup olive oil

  • ¼ tsp salt

to serve
  • salad greens

  • baby potatoes

Method

for the rump
1

Season lamb rumps generously with Rum & Que ram rod meat rub and olive oil. Set aside and allow the meat to come to room temperature.

2

Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a frying pan and sear the lamb on all sides until a nice crust has formed, and the meat is sealed on all sides.

3

Place the lamb in the oven to finish cooking. Cooking time: 15-minutes Rare (55°C inside) 20-minutes Medium-rare (60°C inside) 25-minutes Medium (70°C inside) 30-minutes Well-done (70°C inside).

4

After cooking, remove the lamb from the oven, cover with tin foil and a tea towel. Allow to rest for at least 20 minutes.

for the green sauce
1

Chop together the green herbs, capers, anchovies and garlic until fine. Add to a bowl with the lemon juice, salt and olive oil and mix.

to serve
1

Slice the lamb thinly, arrange on a platter and top with the green sauce.

2

Serve with a fresh green salad and baby potatoes with mint and butter.

Nutrition Information per Serving (132g)

This nutrition analysis is based on 8 serves and doesn't include the salad greens or baby potatoes to serve.

Energy
829kJ (198 kcal)
Protein
23.0g
Total Fat
11.4g
Saturated Fat
2.6g
Carbohydrate
0.5g
Dietary Fibre
1.0g
Sodium
328mg
Iron
2.4mg
Zinc
2.9mg
Vitamin B12
1.3µg