Boneless Roast Leg Of Lamb Recipe
Ingredients
| Boneless leg of lamb - 1 small, 2 & 3/4 pounds (ask your butcher to butterfly the leg for you) | ||
| Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling | ||
| Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste | ||
| Garlic | 6 Clove (5gm) | |
| Mint | 1 Bunch (100gm), washed | |
| Wedges of lemon or grapefruit | ||
Directions
GETTING READY
1) Preheat oven hot to 400°F.
MAKING
2) Set the top oven rack at 6 inch distance from broiler.
3) In a shallow baking pan put the lamb.
4) Drizzle oil over it and rub over the lamb.
5) Sprinkle salt and coarse black pepper over it and rub on both sides.
6) Rub 2 cloves crushed garlic on the boned side of the lamb.
7) Pound other cloves and whole bundle of mint in the center of the meat.
8) Fold it in half and roast for 20 minutes.
9) Set the broiler on high and brown the lamb in 5 minutes.
10) Take off from oven.
11) Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes.
SERVING
12) Slice and serve.
13) Squeeze lemon or grapefruit over the meat.
14) Reserve around 1/3 of the meat for the next day.
1) Preheat oven hot to 400°F.
MAKING
2) Set the top oven rack at 6 inch distance from broiler.
3) In a shallow baking pan put the lamb.
4) Drizzle oil over it and rub over the lamb.
5) Sprinkle salt and coarse black pepper over it and rub on both sides.
6) Rub 2 cloves crushed garlic on the boned side of the lamb.
7) Pound other cloves and whole bundle of mint in the center of the meat.
8) Fold it in half and roast for 20 minutes.
9) Set the broiler on high and brown the lamb in 5 minutes.
10) Take off from oven.
11) Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes.
SERVING
12) Slice and serve.
13) Squeeze lemon or grapefruit over the meat.
14) Reserve around 1/3 of the meat for the next day.
Chef
