Mean's Lamb You Can Eat With a Spoon |
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Prep Time: 40 Minutes Cook Time: 360 Minutes |
Ready In: 400 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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This is one of the most succulent lamb dishes you will ever taste. Long slow cooking makes the dish. This is an adopted recipe from the RecipeZaar account, and I am delighted to be the new owner of such a winning recipe. The size of your leg of lamb is everything in this recipe so please use the Zaar measurement converter ( bottom of the page) to calculate your cooking time as if will vary greatly if you have a very small or very large leg of lamb. (For example 2. 8 kg leg = 6. 1 lb and would cook for just over 6 hours after the browning stage) If you like this sort of meat, then I'd also recommend my recipe New Zealand High Country Sheep Station Roast Lamb #186000 because it gives a similar result with fewer steps. Ingredients:
1 leg of lamb |
2 onions, peeled & quartered |
6 garlic cloves |
10 shallots, peeled |
1 (750 ml) bottle red wine (zinfandel) |
4 cups beef stock |
2 tablespoons olive oil |
4 ounces pancetta, chopped |
4 tablespoons tomato paste |
fresh rosemary or thyme |
4 bay leaves |
Directions:
1. Cut most of the fat from the lamb.
2. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
3. Heat 2 Tablespoons of olive oil in the pot and brown lamb slowly on all sides, about 15 minutes.
4. Or you can brown in the oven in a roasting pan on high heat.
5. preheat oven to 325°.
6. Remove browned lamb& set aside.
7. Sauté onion, shallots and garlic ( with pancetta, if used) until caramelized–about 20 minutes.
8. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
9. Discard fat in pan.
10. Add wine and 2 cups stock and boil rapidly until reduced by half, scraping up any browned bits.
11. Add herbs,tomato paste and reserved vegetables to pan.
12. Return lamb, fat side up, to the pot.
13. If needed, pour in enough additional stock to reach two-thirds of the way up sides of meat.
14. Cover tightly and bake until done, basting often to keep the lamb from becoming dry.
15. As the meat cooks and is constantly basted, the rich sauce is absorbed and the meat becomes very succulent.
16. The dish is done when the lamb falls off the bone in pieces when prodded with a fork – this takes about 45 minutes to 1 hour per pound (lb) (metric = 1 hour per 450 g).
17. (after browning).
18. Plan on seven hours total for an entire leg of lamb. ( example calculation is based on a 2.8 kg / 6.1 lb leg).
19. Remove the lamb to a platter.
20. Cover with heavy foil to keep warm.
21. Pour off all the liquid into a saucepan, skim the fat and boil down about 20 minutes, until it is rich and thick.
22. Correct the seasoning and serve as a sauce over the lamb and vegetables.
23. SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Serve with Potato & Root Vegetable Mash or Roasted Vegetables.
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