Herbed Leg of Lamb With Roasted Turnips (Food Network Kitchens) |
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Prep Time: 90 Minutes Cook Time: 120 Minutes |
Ready In: 210 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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Ingredients:
1 7 -to-9-pound bone-in leg of lamb, hip bone removed, tied (ask your butcher to do this) |
kosher salt and freshly ground pepper |
3 lemons |
3 pounds baby turnips with greens (about 8 bunches) |
6 bunches scallions |
1 cup fresh parsley |
1 cup fresh dill |
1/4 cup fresh marjoram |
3 inner stalks celery, roughly chopped |
3 cloves garlic |
6 plum tomatoes, quartered lengthwise and halved crosswise |
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil |
Directions:
1. Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 500 degrees F. Using a paring knife, make deep cuts, 2 inches apart, all over the lamb; rub with 2 tablespoons salt and several grinds of pepper. Transfer the lamb to a roasting pan, fat-side up. Squeeze the juice of 1 lemon on top.
2. Roast the lamb until most of the fat is rendered and the skin starts to brown, about 30 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and let rest 30 to 40 minutes. Discard the fat from the pan and set the pan aside.
3. Meanwhile, trim the greens from the turnips; reserve the greens for Stewed Turnip Greens. Cut any large turnips in half.
4. Roughly chop 2 bunches scallions and transfer to a food processor. Add the parsley, dill, marjoram, celery and garlic and pulse to form a coarse paste. Holding the bone, stand the leg of lamb up and rub the paste all over it; return to the roasting pan.
5. Cut the remaining 4 bunches scallions into 2-inch pieces. Scatter the scallions, turnips and tomatoes around the lamb and season with salt and pepper. Squeeze the juice of the remaining 2 lemons over the lamb and drizzle with the olive oil. Loosely cover with foil.
6. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and roast the lamb 1 hour. Uncover and continue roasting until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 145 degrees F for medium, 30 to 45 more minutes. Let rest 15 minutes, then slice. Serve with the vegetables and pan juices.
7. Photograph by Jonny Valiant
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