Roasted Leg of Lamb with Yukon Gold Potatoes

Name: Roasted Leg of Lamb with Yukon Gold Potatoes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 4 teaspoons coarse kosher salt plus additional for sprinkling; 4 larges garlic cloves, coarsely chopped; 3 kilograms bone-in whole leg of lamb, large pockets of fat trimmed; 2 Tbsps fresh lemon juice; 118 milliliters olive oil, divided, plus additional for brushing; 59 milliliters fresh rosemary leaves plus 2 tablespoons finely chopped; 1 kilograms Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled, halved lengthwise

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Roasted Leg of Lamb with Yukon Gold Potatoes a try. This recipe covers 39% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and whole 30 recipe has 545 calories, 56g of protein, and 25g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. A mixture of lemon juice, rosemary leaves plus 2 tablespoons, yukon gold potatoes, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the lemon juice you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing

Instructions

Pound garlic and 4 teaspoons coarse salt inmortar with pestle until paste forms.

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Coarse Salt

Garlic

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Mortar And Pestle

Add 1/4cup rosemary leaves and lemon peel. Pound1 minute. Stir 1/4 cup oil, lemon juice, and 2teaspoons pepper into rosemary paste.

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Rosemary

Lemon Juice

Lemon Peel

Pepper

Cooking Oil

Place lamb, fat side up, on worksurface.

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Lamb

Cut shallow slits in fat about 1/2 inchapart.

Spread 5 tablespoons rosemary pasteover lamb, working into slits. Turn lambover; repeat, cutting slits and spreadingwith remaining paste. Wrap lamb in plastic.

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Rosemary

Spread

Lamb

Wrap

Place in roasting pan; chill overnight.

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Roasting Pan

Preheat oven to 425°F.

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Oven

Remove lambfrom pan; brush pan with oil.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Removeplastic wrap from lamb; return to roastingpan, fat side up. Roast lamb 15 minutes.

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Lamb

Wrap

Place potatoes in large bowl.

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Potato

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Bowl

Add 1/4 cupoil and 2 tablespoons chopped rosemary.

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Rosemary

Sprinkle with salt and pepper; toss to coat.

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Salt And Pepper

Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.Arrange potatoes, cut side down, inroasting pan around lamb. Roast 40minutes. Using spatula, carefully turnpotatoes over; brush with pan drippings.Roast until potatoes are tender, about 15minutes longer.

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Potato

Lamb

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Spatula

Oven

Frying Pan

Transfer potatoes to platter.Continue to roast lamb until instant-readthermometer registers 130°F to 135°F wheninserted into thickest part, about 15 to 30minutes longer, depending on thickness.

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Potato

Lamb

Transfer lamb to platter; let rest 20 minutes.While lamb rests, return potatoes to pan;warm in oven 10 minutes to heat through.

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Potato

Lamb

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Oven

Frying Pan

Arrange potatoes and lamb on platter.

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