How To make Easter Greek Lamb
5 pounds leg of lamb
boneless
1 cup olive oil
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons garlic :
minced
1/2 cup parsley chopped
1/2 cup dill :
chopped
4 tablespoons oregano -- rubbed
black pepper
Whisk together the oil, vinegar, garlic, parsley, dill, and oregano. Butterfly the lamb and pepper generously on both sides. Cut some slits in the meat. Marinate the lamb for 2 to 24 hours
Drain marinade from lamb and put lamb in 425F oven in shallow roasting pan for about 45 minutes. You want an internal temperature of 135F. Let lamb rest before serving
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Greek Style Roast Leg of Lamb (Perfect for your Easter Table!!)
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Ingredients
1 leg of lamb, bone-in, about 7-8 pounds
10 or more garlic cloves, cut into slivers
2 onions, quartered
salt (about a half teaspoon per pound)
freshly ground black pepper
2 sprigs of fresh rosemary
1 cup of water
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup olive oil
2 teaspoons dried crushed oregano,
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 °F, 180 °F.
Use a sharp knife to cut slits into the leg of lamb. Stick the garlic slivers into the slits.
Place the lamb in a large roasting pan.
Combine the lemon juice and olive oil together and pour it all over the lamb. Season the lamb on both sides with salt, pepper, and oregano.
Add the rosemarry sprigs and the onions to the pan. Pour the water into the pan.
Cover the lamb with a sheet of parchment paper and then tightly with aluminum foil.
Bake for 3-4 hours or until the meat is soft and almost falling off the bone.
Remove the foil and parchment and place the pan back into the oven and onto the middle rack. Turn the broiler element on and broil for 5-10 minutes or until the top is golden. Keep a close eye on it so that the lamb does not burn.
Serve with roasted lemony potatoes, tzatztki, and Mediterranean Rice pilaf. Enjoy and Kali Orexi!
Notes
Marinate the meat and insert the garlic cloves the day before serving. Keep it refrigerated and allow the meat to come to room temperature before roasting.
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Gennaro Contaldo's Easter Roast Leg of Lamb Recipe | Citalia
Easter, or Pasqua in Italian, is one of the country's most important celebrations, with processions, ceremonies and feasts taking place across the whole of Italy. As with many of Italy's holidays, food plays an integral part in the Easter celebrations.
Here, chef Gennaro Contaldo shows you how to make a delicious roast leg of lamb with spring peas and baby onions - the perfect centre-piece for your Easter lunch this year, particularly if served on a large platter with the peas and sweet onions tumbling down around the meat. Your Easter lunch is a great opportunity to celebrate the produce of the spring season and Gennaro’s leg of lamb recipe is the perfect way to showcase these lovely fresh flavours.
To ensure maximum flavour enters the meat, Gennaro scores the leg of lamb and rubs in olive oil, salt and pepper before adding black olives and chopped anchovies before cooking. Anchovies may seem like a surprising addition to a lamb dish but instead of tasting fish, you simply get a deep, salty flavour which complements the lamb - delicious!
Looking for an authentic pudding to round off your Easter feast? Why not try Gennaro's Pastiera di Grano, a sweet tart made from wheat, ricotta and candied citrus peel. Click here to find out more:
7-hour slow cooked lamb shoulder that will MELT in your mouth
This is the perfect recipe to start cooking mid-morning then carry on with your day and have a delicious meal ready for the evening.
Recipe
Ingredients
- 1.2kg lamb shoulder, bone in
- 1 carrot
- 1 brown onion
- 150ml balsamic vinegar (for lamb recipe)
- 1L reduced salt chicken stock
- 1 small bunch thyme (for lamb recipe)
- 1 tbsp corn flour
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 6 banana shallots
- 20ml olive oil
- 40g butter
- 50ml balsamic vinegar (for shallot recipe)
- 3 sprigs thyme (for shallot recipe)
Method
1. Start by seasoning your lamb with salt. Add oil to a heavy-base pan on a medium heat and place your lamb in. Seal your lamb on all sides until it has a good colour. This should take 15-20 minutes.
2. Once the lamb has good colour all over, remove it from the pan and set aside.
3. Dice your carrot and cut your onion into quarters. Then add them to the same pan and get some good caramelisation going.
4. Deglaze the pan with the balsamic vinegar. Then, pour everything in your pan into a cooking vessel of choice, add your lamb on top and your chicken stock. *note I used the domestic slow cooker set to low (these slow cookers normally run at about 80 degrees on low) but you can also just use a Dutch oven in the oven with your oven set to 80 degrees.
5. While the lamb is cooking, peel your banana shallots (being careful to leave the end on so they don't fall apart) and cut them in half (lengthways) and season them with salt. Pop them in a frypan with some oil over medium heat until you get some nice colour on the shallots. Add the butter to the pan. Once the butter is melted deglaze with the balsamic vinegar and add the thyme.
6. Cook the shallots in the oven at 180° for 15-20 minutes or until just soft.
7. After seven hours, remove the lamb from the braising liquid and pass the braising liquid through a fine mesh sieve into a pot. Reduce this liquid until the seasoning is correct. Add a small amount of water to you cornflour to make a slurry and add this to your reduced liquid.
8. To serve the lamb, pour the sauce over the top and place your shallots in the serving dish. Serve family style with a side of mash potato and some sautéed green beans.
Greek Butterflied Lamb Leg
This is a terrific bold Greek marinade for lamb that both tenderises and infuses with garlicky herby lemon flavours.
Butterflied lamb leg is a fantastic way to enjoy lamb because the flattened shape means it can be cooked relatively quickly compared to roasting a whole leg. Especially fantastic grilled on the BBQ!
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