Easy Roast Leg Of Lamb

by BBC Good Food

Roast a leg of lamb for a family feast. It's ideal served with roasties or gratin potatoes and your favourite spring vegetables for an Easter dinner or Sunday roast

Method

Based on 6 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Remove all packaging from the lamb and keep a note of the weight to calculate the roasting time. Make incisions into the lamb using a small sharp knife, at an angle, about 5cm into the meat. Making the holes at an angle will mean more of the meat is flavoured, and the flavourings will be less tempted to be pushed out when roasting.

Step 2

Insert a short sprig of rosemary, a garlic slice and a small piece of anchovy (if using) into each of the holes, pressing in well with your finger. Season the meat all over with salt and pepper, then rub the lamb all over with the olive oil. Transfer to a roasting tin, sat on the onion slices. Roast for 20 mins.

Step 3

Lower the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5 and cook for another 15-20 mins per 500g (1 hr – 1 hr 20 mins for 2kg leg) depending on how pink you like your lamb. You can also check the internal temperature of the lamb if you prefer pinker meat – it will be 55C for medium (pink) and 70C for well done.

Step 4

Cover with foil and rest for 15 mins before carving. Save the tray juices and onion slices to make gravy.

  • Ingredients
  • Based on 6 servings
  • 6 Brown Anchovy Fillets, chopped (optional) 1x Sainsbury's Anchovy Fillets in Olive Oil 50g (30g*)
  • 20g Rosemary, cut into 2cm short sprigs 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Rosemary 20g
  • 5 Garlic Cloves, finely sliced 1x Sainsbury's Garlic
  • 2 Onions, thickly sliced 2x Sainsbury's Onions Loose
  • 2tbsp Olive Oil 1x Sainsbury's Olive Oil 500ml
  • 2kg Leg Of Lamb 1x Sainsbury's British or New Zealand Whole Leg Of Lamb (Approx. 2.3kg) (2.1kg-2.8kg)
  • 500g Spring Vegetables 2x Sainsbury's Green Vegetable Selection with Mint Butter 260g
  • 450ml Lamb Gravy, from granules or homemade 1x Sainsbury's Taste The Difference Lamb and Mint Gravy Granules 200g
  • 6tsp Mint Sauce, to serve 1x Sainsbury's Mint Sauce 250ml
  • 800g Dauphinoise Potatoes, or roast potatoes 2x Sainsbury's Dauphinoise Potatoes with Garlic and Nutmeg, Taste the Difference 400g
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