Roasted Leg of Lamb - Greek Style
There are tons of ways you can roast a leg of lamb, today we are doing it the Greek way in a Dutch oven with lots of lemon and garlic. This is a fail proof recipe and turns out super juicy and tender every time.
Equipment
- 1 Dutch Oven
Ingredients
- 2 legs of lamb
- 2-3 cloves garlic
- salt & pepper
- 2 kg baby potatoes halved
- ½ L chicken broth
- 300 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 250 ml water
- 4 lemons juiced
- 1 tbsp pepper
- 1 tbsp mustard powder
- 2 tbsp oregano
- 3 tbsp sea salt
- 2 cloves garlic minced
Instructions
- trim the excess fat from the lamb
- take a bowl and cut the 2 cloves of garlic
- in the bowl with the garlic add a little bit of olive oil, salt, pepper and mix it with a tea spoon
- take a pointy knife and create some holes in the meat
- place the some cut garlic in the holes you created
- in the oven pot add some olive oil
- cut the baby potatoes in half and place them in the Dutch oven
- take the lamb and nestle them in the Dutch oven
Sauce
- in a bowl add the chicken broth
- add the extra virgin olive oil
- add the juiced lemons
- add the freshly ground pepper
- add the mustard powder
- add the oregano
- add the sea salt
- add the clove of minced garlic
- mix it all in well with a whisk
- pour the mixed sauce in the Dutch oven and make sure to cover the meat
- place it in the oven, middle rack preheated at 200℃ - 392℉
- cook it until internal temperature reaches 94℃ - 201℉