Leg of Lamb with Garlic and Herbs

Name: Leg of Lamb with Garlic and Herbs
Prep time: 3 h 10 min
Cook time: 3 h 10 min
Total time: 3 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 teaspoons dried dill weed; 1 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves, crushed; 3 garlic cloves, cut into slivers; 1 leg of lamb, 5 pounds; 1 teaspoons pepper; 2 teaspoons salt

Leg of Lamb with Garlic and Herbs might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 37g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 231 calories. Head to the store and pick up salt, rosemary leaves, garlic cloves, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and primal diet.

Instructions

Heat oven to 325ºF. Do not remove fell (paperlike covering) from lamb. Make 10 or 12 small slits in lamb with tip of knife. Insert slivers of garlic into slits.

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Garlic

Lamb

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Knife

Oven

Mix remaining ingredients; rub over lamb.

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Lamb

Dry Seasoning Rub

Place lamb, fat side up, on rack in shallow roasting pan. Insert meat thermometer so tip is in center of thickest part of lamb and does not touch bone or rest in fat. Do not add water.

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Water

Bone

Lamb

Meat

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Kitchen Thermometer

Roasting Pan

Roast uncovered to desired doneness: For medium-rare, 1 hour 40 minutes to 2 hours 5 minutes or until thermometer reads 140ºF; for medium, 2 hours 5 minutes to 2 hours 30 minutes or until thermometer reads 155ºF.

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Kitchen Thermometer

Cover lamb with tent of aluminum foil and let stand 15 to 20 minutes. Temperature will continue to rise about 5ºF (to 145ºF for medium-rare; to 160º for medium) and lamb will be easier to carve as juices set up.

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Lamb

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Aluminum Foil