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🍽️ Crispy Lamb Leg with Fresh Mint Sauce

538 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tbsp mustard (medium hot)
• salt
• pepper
• 1 lamb leg (2 kg)
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 sprigs rosemary
• 6 stems mint
• 100 ml white wine vinegar
• 2 tbsp sugar

Instructions

1. 1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Set the heating mode to top and bottom heat.
2. 2. Whisk the oil and mustard together in a small bowl.
3. 3. Brush the lamb leg all over with 1 to 2 tablespoons of the oil-mustard mixture.
4. 4. Season the meat with salt and pepper.
5. 5. Place the lamb leg into a roasting pan.
6. 6. Place the roasting pan on the second rack from the bottom in the hot oven.
7. 7. Roast the lamb leg for 1 hour.
8. 8. Peel the garlic cloves while the meat is roasting.
9. 9. Cut the garlic cloves into long, thin slivers.
10. 10. Wash the rosemary sprigs and shake them dry.
11. 11. Chop the rosemary sprigs into small pieces.
12. 12. Reduce the oven temperature to 160 degrees Celsius top and bottom heat.
13. 13. Brush the lamb leg with the remaining oil-mustard mixture.
14. 14. Insert the garlic slivers slightly into the meat.
15. 15. Rinse the mint and shake it dry.
16. 16. Set aside 2 mint tips for decoration.
17. 17. Finely chop the remaining mint leaves.
18. 18. Pour 100 milliliters of boiling water over the chopped mint.
19. 19. Let the mint steep for 2 to 3 minutes.
20. 20. Stir the white wine vinegar and sugar into the mint liquid.
21. 21. Season the sauce to taste with a little salt.
22. 22. Serve the lamb leg with the mint sauce.
23. 23. Garnish the dish with green beans and baked potatoes if desired.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 538
• Protein: 79 g · Fett/Fat: 19 g · Carbs: 11 g