At the festive table, the family serves a variety of hot dishes. Most bake a bird , some can choose a baked pig, for example. But how often did you have to try or prepare a leg of lamb? Juicy and fragrant mutton meat , which has long languished in the oven, is a separate pleasure that everyone should try.
Lamb leg baked in oven in foil
Ingredients:
- leg of lamb - 3,5-4 kg;
- mint - a bunch;
- olive oil - 1/4 of a century;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- lemon juice - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- lemon peel - 2 tsp.
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- white dry wine - 1 item;
- chicken broth - 1 1/2 tbsp.
Preparation
We put the leg washed and dried with lamb on a baking tray. In a bowl, mix crushed mint, olive oil, garlic, lemon zest and juice, as well as salt (about 2 teaspoons) and pepper. We rub the leg with the resulting mixture and leave to marinate for 8-12 hours, covered with food film.
An hour before cooking, we take the meat out of the refrigerator, then cover it with foil and put it in a preheated oven for 180 ° C for 1.5-2 hours. For the last 30 minutes of cooking, remove the foil from the foot so that it can evenly brown.
Ready meat is removed from the baking sheet, covered with foil and leave to stand for about 15 minutes. In the meantime, the juice and fat remaining on the baking tray are mixed with the wine and broth, put the mixture on the fire and evaporate until the liquid remains approximately a glass. We serve meat with gravy.
By analogy, the lamb's leg is baked in the oven in the sleeve: first the meat is baked in the sleeve, then the sleeve is removed, the leg is shifted to the baking tray for 30-40 minutes, and a fragrant sauce is prepared from the juice and fat.
Lamb leg baked in the oven - recipe
Ingredients:
- lamb leg - 2 kg;
- anchovies - 50 g;
- olives - 16 pieces;
- fresh rosemary - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Preparation
The leg washed and dried with a mutton is cut across the entire surface to form shallow pockets. Put your foot on the baking tray.
Anchovies and their butter, as well as olives and rosemary, whisk into a homogeneous paste with a blender. Add a little salt and a good pinch of pepper to the resulting mass. We lay the paste in the cuts, evenly spreading over the entire surface.
We put the baking sheet with the mutton foot into the oven, heated to 220 ° C for 30 minutes. During this time, the leg will be covered with a golden crust and let off the aroma. After half an hour, reduce the heat to 200 ° C and continue cooking for another 60 minutes.
Lamb leg baked in the oven with vegetables
Ingredients:
For meat:
- lamb leg - 1.5 kg;
- vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- yoghurt - 255 g;
- garam masala - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- grated ginger - 1 teaspoon;
- salt - 1/2 h salt;
- hot pepper - 1/4 tsp;
- saffron - 5-6 pieces.
For vegetables:
- eggplant - 1 piece;
- zucchini - 2 pcs .;
- red onions - 2 pcs .;
- carrots - 2 pieces;
- garlic - 4 cloves;
- cumin - 1 teaspoon;
- curry powder - 1 teaspoon;
- olive oil - 3 tbsp. spoons
Before baking a leg of lamb, it should be marinated. To do this, we pierce the foot on the entire surface with a knife, mix it
Eggplant, zucchini, onions and carrots are cleaned, my and cut into large cubes. Pour the vegetables with olive oil, sprinkle curry and cumin, add whole cloves of garlic.
We spread the prepared vegetables on a baking sheet, and on top we place a leg of mutton. Cover the baking sheet with foil and put in a preheated oven to 180 ° C for 1.5-2 hours or until the softness of the meat. Ready meat roasted under the grill for 10-15 minutes.