HERBED LEG OF LAMB
HERBED LEG OF LAMB
HERBED LEG OF LAMB

Ingredients
  • 1 x 2kg/4lb 8oz leg of lamb
  • small bunch oregano
  • leaves picked
  • 1 tbsp rosemary leaves
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • halved
  • 1 lemon
  • zest and juice
  • 1 orange
  • zest and juice
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp sea salt flakes
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.
  • Sit the lamb in a large roasting tin
  • skin-side up
  • and use the tip of a sharp knife to make many incisions all over the skin.
  • Put the oregano
  • rosemary
  • garlic
  • lemon and orange zest
  • 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons orange juice
  • olive oil and salt in a bowl and blend using a stick blender (alternatively
  • use a small food processor). Spoon this over the lamb and rub in well. Leave at room temperature for 45 minutes.
  • Pour ½cm freshly boiled water into the bottom of the roasting tin and roast for 1 hour 40 minutes. Check after an hour to add more water if needed and cover with foil if the meat is beginning to catch. Just before the time is up
  • remove the lamb from the oven and check it is done to your liking
  • either using a probe and the temperatures listed in the tips below or piercing with a knife and taking a peek.
  • Remove the cooked lamb from the oven
  • cover loosely with foil
  • and rest for 15–30 minutes
  • checking every now and again
  • before transferring to a board to carve.