Spicy Leg of Lamb

Name: Spicy Leg of Lamb
Prep time: 1 h 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp cayenne pepper; 1 Tbsp dry mustard; 1 Tbsp fennel seeds; 2 Tbsps grainy mustard; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 fresh jalapeno pepper; 2 Tbsps kosher salt; 10 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 kilograms leg of lamb, bone in; 1 Tbsp molasses; 6 Tbsps olive oil; 1 Tbsp hot paprika; 1 Tbsp red pepper flakes; 4 Tbsps red wine vinegar; 1 fresh Thai chile pepper

Spicy Leg of Lamb is a gluten free, dairy free, and primal main course. This recipe serves 10. One portion of this dish contains approximately 48g of protein, 19g of fat, and a total of 385 calories. Head to the store and pick up paprika, grainy mustard, kosher salt and pepper, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 35 minutes.

Instructions

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The objective: A nice, pink, juicy leg of lamb has a final temperature of about 120 degrees F. Use a shallow roasting pan or baking sheet with a fitted rack. Elevating the lamb slightly off the bottom of the roasting pan allows the hot air to better circulate around the meat as it cooks.

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Leg Of Lamb

Lamb

Meat

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Baking Sheet

Roasting Pan

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Toast the spices: In a medium bowl, combine the cayenne, fennel seeds, dry mustard, paprika, red pepper flakes and cinnamon.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Fennel Seeds

Mustard Powder

Cinnamon

Ground Cayenne Pepper

Paprika

Spices

Toast

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Bowl

Mix the spices and pour them out onto a baking sheet.

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Spices

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Baking Sheet

Place the tray inside the oven for 1 minute to warm the spices and allow them to toast slightly. This will awaken their flavors.

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Spices

Toast

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Oven

Remove the tray from the oven.

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Oven

Make the paste to coat the leg of lamb: In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, molasses and salt.

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Leg Of Lamb

Olive Oil

Molasses

Salt

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Bowl

Add the toasted spices and mix together to create a paste. Coat all sides of the leg in the seasoning paste. If you have time, allow the lamb to sit out for about an hour and come closer to room temperature. Alternatively, you can marinate the lamb like this for several hours (or overnight) in the refrigerator before cooking.

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Seasoning

Spices

Lamb

Place the lamb leg in the center of the fitted rack on the roasting pan and place it in the center of the oven. Cook, undisturbed, for 30 minutes. Use an instant-read meat thermometer and take the temperature of the thickest part of the leg meat. Your meat thermometer should read about 85 degrees F. Cook for an additional 30 minutes. Ideally, the thickest part of the leg should come to about 118 degrees F.

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Lamb

Meat

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Kitchen Thermometer

Roasting Pan

Oven

Remove the lamb from the roasting pan to a flat surface to rest.

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Lamb

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Roasting Pan

Make the sauce: In a medium bowl, whisk together vinegar and mustard.

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Mustard

Vinegar

Sauce

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Whisk

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Place the fresh chiles on a flat surface and, with a small knife, cut them both into thin rounds, ribs, seeds and all.

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Chili Pepper

Seeds

Ribs

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Pour off some of the drippings from the bottom of the roasting pan.

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Roasting Pan

Put the pan on top of a burner on your stove. Start a low heat under the pan and when the drippings begin to sizzle, add in the mustard, vinegar and fresh chiles. Taste for seasoning.

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Seasoning

Mustard

Vinegar

Chili Pepper

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Stove

Frying Pan

Pour over the leg of lamb.

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Leg Of Lamb

Carve the meat: Begin carving at the loin end of the leg; you want to carve at a right-angle relative to the grain of the meat. Observe that this meat has lines almost like a piece of wood, aim the blade of your knife at a right-angle to the grain and slice thin pieces. Arrange the slices on a platter with the sauce.

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Sauce

Meat

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