Leg of Lamb with Garlic Sauce

The recipe Leg of Lamb with Garlic Sauce can be made in roughly 45 minutes. For $4.03 per serving, this recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 8 servings with 342 calories, 39g of protein, and 15g of fat each. 36 people have tried and liked this recipe. A few people really liked this main course. Head to the store and pick up garlic cloves, fresh thyme, parsley, and a few other things to make it today. It is brought to you by Food52. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and primal diet. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 94%. This score is tremendous. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Leg of Lamb with Garlic Sauce, Roast Leg of Lamb with Chile-Garlic Sauce, and Leg of Lamb with Garlic and Rosemary.

Servings: 8

 

Ingredients:

12 anchovy fillets, coarsely chopped

1 cup dry red wine (such as Côte du Rhône)

1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, finely chopped

1 tablespoon fresh thyme, finely chopped

6 large garlic cloves, slivered

1 5-pound leg of lamb, bone in (I especially like a long shin bone for presentation)

1 tablespoon olive oil

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley (preferably flat-leaf)

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

24 garlic cloves, peeled, left whole

Equipment:

bowl

oven

roasting pan

kitchen thermometer

frying pan

aluminum foil

stove

Cooking instruction summary:

Have your butcher prepare the meat by removing most of the fat and skin from the leg, and by removing most of the bare bone that protrudes from the leg. If you want a slightly smaller leg, have him (or her!) shorten it from the hip end. When youre ready to roast it, trim lamb of any excess fat. Make many slits all over the lamb and insert a sliver of garlic and a piece of anchovy in each incision. Finely chop the rosemary and thyme and mix the herbs with sea salt and pepper in a small bowl. Rub the lamb with 2 tablespoons of olive oil, and the herb mixture. Let it stand for 1 to 2 hours. Preheat oven to 425 F. Place the meat on a rack in a roasting pan, and cook, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350 F., and cook for 40 to 45 minutes for medium-rare lamb. The temperature on an instant-read thermometer should register 130 F. (Thats how its supposed to be!) To make the garlic sauce, heat the olive oil in a heavy skillet and cook the 24 garlic cloves slowly for about 10 minutes, or until they are soft (dont let the edges get crispor brown). Set aside in a small bowl. Remove lamb to a warmed platter, and turn off the oven. Cover with an aluminum foil tent and set it in the oven to keep warm while you prepare the sauce. On top the stove, put wine into the roasting pan, scraping the bottom well to loosen any brown bits or caramelized juices, and cook the wine over a high flame to reduce it by about one-third. Add the reduced liquid to the garlic cloves. Mash well with a fork, and add sea salt and pepper to taste. Slice the lamb and grind some fresh black pepper over it. Spoon on the sauce, and sprinkle it all with freshly chopped parsley.

 

Step by step:


1. Have your butcher prepare the meat by removing most of the fat and skin from the leg, and by removing most of the bare bone that protrudes from the leg. If you want a slightly smaller leg, have him (or her!) shorten it from the hip end. When youre ready to roast it, trim lamb of any excess fat. Make many slits all over the lamb and insert a sliver of garlic and a piece of anchovy in each incision. Finely chop the rosemary and thyme and mix the herbs with sea salt and pepper in a small bowl. Rub the lamb with 2 tablespoons of olive oil, and the herb mixture.

2. Let it stand for 1 to 2 hours.

3. Preheat oven to 425 F.

4. Place the meat on a rack in a roasting pan, and cook, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350 F., and cook for 40 to 45 minutes for medium-rare lamb. The temperature on an instant-read thermometer should register 130 F. (Thats how its supposed to be!)

5. To make the garlic sauce, heat the olive oil in a heavy skillet and cook the 24 garlic cloves slowly for about 10 minutes, or until they are soft (dont let the edges get crispor brown). Set aside in a small bowl.

6. Remove lamb to a warmed platter, and turn off the oven. Cover with an aluminum foil tent and set it in the oven to keep warm while you prepare the sauce. On top the stove, put wine into the roasting pan, scraping the bottom well to loosen any brown bits or caramelized juices, and cook the wine over a high flame to reduce it by about one-third.

7. Add the reduced liquid to the garlic cloves. Mash well with a fork, and add sea salt and pepper to taste.

8. Slice the lamb and grind some fresh black pepper over it. Spoon on the sauce, and sprinkle it all with freshly chopped parsley.


Nutrition Information:

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341k Calories
38g Protein
15g Total Fat
4g Carbs
46% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
341k
17%

Fat
15g
24%

  Saturated Fat
3g
25%

Carbohydrates
4g
2%

  Sugar
0.12g
0%

Cholesterol
117mg
39%

Sodium
313mg
14%

Alcohol
3g
18%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
38g
78%

Vitamin B12
4µg
81%

Selenium
45µg
65%

Vitamin B3
12mg
60%

Zinc
7mg
47%

Phosphorus
374mg
37%

Vitamin B2
0.48mg
28%

Vitamin B6
0.46mg
23%

Iron
3mg
22%

Vitamin K
20µg
20%

Vitamin B1
0.28mg
18%

Potassium
596mg
17%

Vitamin B5
1mg
14%

Copper
0.28mg
14%

Magnesium
55mg
14%

Manganese
0.25mg
13%

Folate
44µg
11%

Vitamin E
1mg
10%

Vitamin C
6mg
8%

Calcium
45mg
5%

Vitamin A
137IU
3%

Fiber
0.43g
2%

covered percent of daily need
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