Cooking half a leg of lamb?
Hello all. I’ve got half a leg of lamb defrosting to be cooked. I’m looking for any advice on the best way to do it. How long? What temperature? Is there pitfalls I should avoid? Any insight into this process is appreciated. I’ve never done this before!!!
I’m of the "slow cook" school when it comes to lamb, and it’s good cause you can’t really screw it up. First you need to marinate your lamb in garlic, salt, lemon, rosemary, and good olive oil (or if you’re pushed for time just rub the ingredients in well) then turn on the oven to about 130 celcius (sorry I don’t know farenheit, or gas mark) and just let it cook. It’ll take a few hours, probably around 3 or 4, but check it after 1.5 because it can vary. If you need to, you can blast it at 180 for about 20 minutes, but be gentle. The slower you can cook it, the more delicious and melt in the mouth it will be. Oh yeah, put it in a roasting pan, not on a rack. You can use the juices as a sauce, or make gravy from it. Yum!! I wish I was coming to your place for dinner!! Hope this helps!
I’m of the "slow cook" school when it comes to lamb, and it’s good cause you can’t really screw it up. First you need to marinate your lamb in garlic, salt, lemon, rosemary, and good olive oil (or if you’re pushed for time just rub the ingredients in well) then turn on the oven to about 130 celcius (sorry I don’t know farenheit, or gas mark) and just let it cook. It’ll take a few hours, probably around 3 or 4, but check it after 1.5 because it can vary. If you need to, you can blast it at 180 for about 20 minutes, but be gentle. The slower you can cook it, the more delicious and melt in the mouth it will be. Oh yeah, put it in a roasting pan, not on a rack. You can use the juices as a sauce, or make gravy from it. Yum!! I wish I was coming to your place for dinner!! Hope this helps!
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insert chopped pieces of whole garlic under the skin and cover the top with fresh rosemary cook 20 min a pound at 325 and serve it med rare. lamb is terrible gamey tasting if overcooked. it is nice to have mint jelly on the side.
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cooks.com or recipezaar.com great sites
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combine lemon juice rosemary and garlic cloves in food processor combine until chunky add olive oil until blended but still has some texture
add salt and pepper .coat lamb and allow to set 1 hour put in hot oven 400 for about 1/2 hr then reduce heat to 350 cook another 45 minutes remove let set for a few minutes be for carving
3 cloves garlic
1/4 cup lemon juice
big bunch rosemary
1/2 cup olive oil
1 tea spoon coarse salt 1 1/2 teaspoon crack es pepper
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