Stuffed Leg Lamb, roast potatoes & gravy.

Name: Stuffed Leg Lamb, roast potatoes & gravy.
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 2 kg whole leg of lamb; 3 tsp coarse salt; 3 tsp ground black pepper; 1 olive oil; 2 large onions, peeled and roughly chopped; 2 large carrots, roughly chopped; 8 medium potatoes, peeled and cut in half; 300 ml red wine; 500 ml chicken stock; 2 tbsp all-purpose flour; 2 tbsp garlic, minced; 4 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped; 2 tbsp fresh rosemary, chopped; 1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs; 100 grams pine nuts, roasted and crushed; 3 tbsp basil pesto; 2 large egg yolks; 1 medium lemon, zest and juice

JJ @JJduPlessis1

Cape Town

I got tired of just regular roast lamb.

JJ @JJduPlessis1

Cape Town

I got tired of just regular roast lamb.

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Ingredients

2 hours

8 servings

2 kgwhole leg of lamb
3 tspcoarse salt
3 tspground black pepper
1olive oil
2 largeonions, peeled and roughly chopped
2 largecarrots, roughly chopped
8 mediumpotatoes, peeled and cut in half
300 mlred wine
500 mlchicken stock
2 tbspall-purpose flour
stuffing
2 tbspgarlic, minced
4 tbspfresh parsley, chopped
2 tbspfresh rosemary, chopped
1/2 cupfresh bread crumbs
100 gramspine nuts, roasted and crushed
3 tbspbasil pesto
2 largeegg yolks
1 mediumlemon, zest and juice

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Steps

2 hours

1

Preheat your oven to 220ºC. Turn the leg of lamb upside down on a chopping board, de bone and cut flat open (if you don't know how to do this you can ask your butcher).
2

Make your stuffing by mixing the following ingredients; garlic, parsley, rosemary, bread crumbs, pine nuts, basil pesto, egg yolks, lemon zest and lemon juice.
3

Place the lamb fat side down. Rub the stuffing on the lamb, then roll the meat up over and tie it tightly with string, Drizzle over a little olive oil, pat this into the lamb and season with coarse salt and pepper.
4

Mix together your chicken stock and red wine. Place your roughly chopped onion and carrot in a roasting tray. Put your rolled up lamb on top of the onions and carrots. Roast for about an hour and a half. After the 1st 30 minutes add the potatoes and start basting the lamb every 15 minutes by pouring a swig of wine and stock mixture over the meat and potatoes until the meat is cooked. When cooked, transfer the lamb to a board or platter to rest while you make your gravy.
5

Spoon off most of the fat from your tray, then put it on the hob over a low heat. Add the flour and mash everything together with a potato masher. Add the remaining wine and stock mixture (if any left) and bring to the boil. Scrape all the goodness from the bottom of the pan as you go. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
6

Strain your gravy into a serving jug, using a ladle to push all the goodness through. Discard any veg or meat left behind. At this point, your lamb will have been resting for around 12-15 minutes and will be ready to be sliced and served.
7

Here is a few suggestions for side dishes to accompany the lamb.
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/362192-the-best-roast-potatoes
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/338924-curry-pasta-salad
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/341572-garlic-mashed-potatoes
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/359714-carrot-and-potato-mash
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/347685-crushed-new-potatoes
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/354184-creamy-spinach
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/363711-roasted-butternut

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