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🍽️ Juicy Herb-Crusted Lamb Roast
431 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 600 g leg of lamb
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp dried rosemary
- salt
- pepper
- 400 g potatoes
- 400 g sweet potatoes
- 150 g cream cheese (13% fat)
- 4 sprigs mint
- 4 sprigs lemon balm
- 10 g parsley (0.5 bunch)
Instructions
- 1. Rinse the lamb meat under running water.
- 2. Pat the meat completely dry with a kitchen towel.
- 3. Cut off all visible sinews, fat edges, and skin from the meat.
- 4. Peel the garlic cloves.
- 5. Mince the garlic very finely.
- 6. Mix the minced garlic with the oil in a small bowl.
- 7. Rub the lamb meat all over with the garlic-oil mixture.
- 8. Season the meat with fresh rosemary, salt, and pepper.
- 9. Heat a non-stick frying pan on the stove over high heat.
- 10. Sear the meat all over over high heat.
- 11. Cook each side for about 3 to 5 minutes until browned.
- 12. Place the pre-seared meat onto a baking sheet or roasting pan.
- 13. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius (140 degrees Celsius with fan or gas level 1-2).
- 14. Cook the meat in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes, depending on thickness.
- 15. Peel the potatoes and the sweet potatoes.
- 16. Halve the potatoes and sweet potatoes lengthwise.
- 17. Slice the potato halves into thin slices.
- 18. Add the potato slices to the pan in which the meat was seared.
- 19. Fry the potatoes over medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes.
- 20. Stir the potatoes occasionally while cooking.
- 21. Season the potatoes with salt and pepper at the end.
- 22. Stir the cream cheese until smooth in a bowl.
- 23. Season the cream cheese with salt and pepper.
- 24. Wash the fresh herbs under cold water.
- 25. Shake the herbs dry.
- 26. Pluck the leaves off the stems.
- 27. Finely chop the herbs.
- 28. Spread the chopped herbs on a plate.
- 29. Take the meat out of the oven.
- 30. Spread the seasoned cream cheese mixture evenly over the hot meat.
- 31. Roll the creamed meat in the herbs.
- 32. Press the herbs gently to make them stick.
- 33. Let the meat rest covered for about 5 minutes.
- 34. Slice the roast into thick slices.
- 35. Serve the meat slices together with the fried potatoes.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 431
- Protein: 40 g · Fett/Fat: 11 g · Carbs: 42 g