ROASTED LEMON/ROSEMARY LEG OF LAMB

Leg of lamb with rosemary and lemon

This is a leg of lamb recipe based on one published in Family Circle magazine in June of 1983.

Ingredients

(serves 4)

Procedure

  1. Remove the lamb from the refrigerator 1 hour before roasting.
  2. Preheat the oven to 175C
  3. Trim all but a thin layer of far from the lamb, and make small slits over the surface of the meat. Insert the slivered garlic into these slits.
  4. Brush the lamb with lemon juice, and rub rosemary, salt, and pepper into the meat.
  5. Place the lamb, fat side up, on a roasting rack in a large, shallow roasting pan.
  6. Roast at 175C for 1 1/2 hours, or until a properly-placed meat thermometer reads 60C for rare, 65C for medium, or 70C for well done.
  7. Carve and serve.

Notes

The drippings from the lamb may be combined with all-purpose flour and broth to make gravy.

Rating


Difficulty: easy.
Time: 10 minutes preparation, 1 1/2 hours cooking.
Precision: no need to measure.

Contributor

 
Daniel Faigin and Karen Davis 
System Development Corporation, Santa Monica CA 
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Recipe last modified: 21 May 86

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