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Roast Leg of Lamb with Mint Gremolata

Roast Leg of Lamb with Mint Gremolata. A fantastically delicious and easy way to enjoy roast lamb with mint sauce. For special occasions like Easter, or for an amazing Sunday roast dinner any time of year.

Roast Leg of Lamb with Mint Gremolata

Roast Leg of Lamb with Mint Gremolata.

From Fish and Brewis for Good Friday to this sumptuous roast lamb dinner, Chef Mark McCrowe has everything covered this holiday season. This fantastic roast leg of lamb is one to add to your Sunday roast recipe collection year round too.

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Roast Leg of Lamb from Chef Mark Mccrowe

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Roast Leg of Lamb ingredients.

If you’re like me and your always looking for a way to spice up your Sunday roast dinner this may be the dish for you. This epic take on lamb with mint sauce will take the fuss out of the prep work and feed a crowd with time to knock out a side of sautéed peas and asparagus.

Potatoes cooked under the roast leg of lamb

Potatoes cooked under the roast leg of lamb.

The first delicious bite of the roast leg of lamb

The first delicious bite.

Garlic, asparagus and peas.

The beautiful thing about this recipe is that its a two for one! The simple sliced potatoes that sit beneath the lamb as it roasts become your side dish of the most heavenly potatoes that you have ever tasted. I guarantee.

The lamb and potatoes takes no time to bang in the oven which gives you hours to spend with your guests. When the lamb comes out to rest simply sauté your side veg and blitz your mint gremolata and supper is on the table.

Pushing the garlic and rosemary into the meat

Pushing the garlic and rosemary into the meat.

Roast Leg of Lamb on a bed of sliced potatoes, ready for the oven

Roast Leg of Lamb on a bed of sliced potatoes, ready for the oven.

Roast Leg of Lamb going into the oven

Roast Leg of Lamb going into the oven.

Roast leg of lamb resting out of the oven

Roast leg of lamb resting out of the oven.

Roast leg of lamb with potatoes, mint gremolata and garlic peas and asparagus

Roast leg of lamb with potatoes, mint gremolata with garlic peas and asparagus.

Roast leg of lamb sliced

Roast leg of lamb sliced.

ingredients for Mint Gremolata

ingredients for Mint Gremolata.

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Garlic studded lamb roast.

Adding the peas to the asparagus

Adding the peas to the asparagus

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Roast Leg of Lamb with Mint Gremolata
Yield: 4 servings

Roast Leg of Lamb with Mint Gremolata

Roast Leg of Lamb with Mint Gremolata. A fantastically delicious and easy way to enjoy roast lamb with mint sauce. For special occasions like Easter, or for an amazing Sunday roast dinner any time of year.

Ingredients

For the lamb:

  • 1 fresh leg of lamb
  • 1 bulb garlic, peeled and sliced
  • 3 sprigs fresh rosemary
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive
  • Kosher salt
  • Cracked black pepper
  • 4 large potatoes, sliced

Notes

Roast Leg of Lamb with Mint Gremolata. A fantastically delicious and easy way to enjoy roast lamb with mint sauce. For special occasions like Easter, or for an amazing Sunday roast dinner any time of year.

Ingredients:

Trim any excess fat or silverskin off your leg of lamb. Make incisions with a small pairing knife and insert shards of garlic and sprigs of rosemary. In the bottom of a large roasting pan, add olive oil, sliced potatoes and lamb. Season everything with salt and pepper and slowly roast in a oven preheated to 325 degrees for around 3-4 hours. Or until lamb is golden brown and falling away from the bone. Let the lamb rest before slicing and serve potatoes in a warm dish with all of the drippings from the lamb.

For the gremolata:

3 cloves garlic, sliced

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

2 bunches mint

1 bunch parsley

Salt to taste

Cracked black pepper

2 oranges zest

1/2 orange juice

Add all ingredients to your food processor season and pulse until all incorporated.

For the peas and asparagus:

4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

4 cloves garlic, sliced

1 bunch of asparagus, diced

4 c frozen green peas, thawed

2 tbsp butter

Salt to taste

Cracked black pepper

Sauté garlic in olive oil until lightly golden brown. Add asparagus and continue to sauté for about 2 minutes. Finish with butter, peas, salt and pepper and cook together for 2 minutes. Serve hot along side your lamb and potatoes.

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