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🍽️ Garlic Herb Lamb Leg
358 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 lamb shank (2.5 kg with bone)
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 6 tbsp chopped herbs (thyme, rosemary, basil, parsley)
- 4 tbsp oil
- 4 garlic cloves
- 0.5 tsp curry
- 250 ml water
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- 1. Peel the garlic cloves.
- 2. Press the garlic or chop it finely.
- 3. Place the garlic in a small bowl.
- 4. Add the fresh herbs to the bowl.
- 5. Grate the lemon zest and add it to the mixture.
- 6. Add some oil to the bowl.
- 7. Stir the garlic and herb mixture well.
- 8. Take a pinch of curry powder.
- 9. Season the mixture with the curry powder.
- 10. Take some salt.
- 11. Salt the spice mixture.
- 12. Take some freshly ground pepper.
- 13. Pepper the spice mixture.
- 14. Take the lamb leg.
- 15. Coat the entire surface of the leg with the spice mixture.
- 16. Take a baking sheet.
- 17. Lightly grease the baking sheet.
- 18. Place the seasoned lamb leg on the baking sheet.
- 19. Preheat the oven to 225 degrees Celsius.
- 20. Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven.
- 21. Bake the leg for about 20 minutes.
- 22. Remove the baking sheet from the oven.
- 23. Pour some water into the roasting pan.
- 24. Reduce the oven temperature to 175 degrees Celsius.
- 25. Place the baking sheet back in the oven.
- 26. Bake the leg for another 45 minutes.
- 27. Remove the baking sheet from the oven in between.
- 28. Pour the resulting pan juices over the leg.
- 29. Repeat the basting regularly.
- 30. Take a large plate.
- 31. Remove the fully cooked lamb leg from the oven.
- 32. Place the leg on the plate.
- 33. Cover the leg with aluminum foil.
- 34. Place the covered leg back into the oven.
- 35. Set the oven temperature to 100 degrees Celsius.
- 36. Let the leg rest in the oven.
- 37. Take a pot.
- 38. Pour the pan juices from the baking sheet into the pot.
- 39. Use the fond as desired to prepare a sauce.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 358
- Protein: 52 g · Fett/Fat: 16 g · Carbs: 1 g