Leg of Lamb with Honey Butter

Name: Leg of Lamb with Honey Butter
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 14
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 slices bacon; 1 Tbsp bourbon; 118 milliliters butter, softened; 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced; 118 milliliters chopped hazelnuts, toasted; 118 milliliters honey; 2 kilograms lean boneless leg of lamb; 3 Tbsps lemon juice; 118 milliliters orange marmalade; 118 milliliters commercial French dressing

Leg of Lamb with Honey Butter requires about 1 hour and 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This main course has 307 calories, 16g of protein, and 18g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 14. If you have garlic, leg of lamb, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the orange marmalade you could follow this main course with the Orange Marmalade Cookies with Orange Zest Icing as a dessert.

Instructions

Trim fat from lamb. Make lengthwise slits halfway through lamb. Insert a garlic slice into each slit. Arrange bacon slices in a crisscross pattern over lamb.

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Lamb

Combine orange marmalade, French dressing, and lemon juice in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally.

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Orange Marmalade

French Dressing

Lemon Juice

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Remove from heat, and set aside.

Place lamb on a rack in a roasting pan. Insert meat thermometer into thickest part of roast, if desired.

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Lamb

Meat

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Kitchen Thermometer

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Brush lamb with marmalade mixture.

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Marmalade

Lamb

Bake, uncovered, at 325 for 1 hour and 45 minutes or until meat thermometer registers 140 (rare) to 160 (medium), basting occasionally with marmalade mixture.

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Marmalade

Meat

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