Marinated lamb
Prep
15m
Cook
1h
30m
serves
6
Garlic, lemon and lamb: Maggie Beer's recipe is easy but so impressive.
Ingredients (11)
- 1.5 kg boned leg of lamb
- 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- 60ml (1/4 cup) extra virgin olive oil
- 2 sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves picked
- Generous dash of verjuice*
- 4 bay leaves
Resting marinade
- 2 preserved lemon quarters*
- 80ml (1/3 cup) extra virgin olive oil
- 60ml (1/4 cup) verjuice
- 3 shallots (spring onions), finely sliced
- 1/3 cup freshly chopped flat-leaf parsley
Don't forget you can add these ingredients to your Woolworths shopping list.
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1.Make incisions in the fat of the lamb and insert pieces of garlic. Combine olive oil, rosemary, sea salt and pepper and use to rub well into the lamb.
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2.When you are ready to cook the meat, preheat a barbecue on high.
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3.To make the marinade, discard pulp from lemons and dice flesh, then combine with remaining ingredients. Pour marinade into a baking dish large enough to hold the lamb. Set aside.
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4.Seal lamb, skin-side down, on hotplate until skin caramelises. (This may take up to 50 minutes.) Continue turning until it is cooked, being careful not to burn it (this will take about 20-30 minutes, depending on age of lamb and how you like your meat).
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5.If the meat is cooking too fast, wrap it in foil after you have sealed both sides and continues as above (finish it off in the oven, if you like).
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6.Slip lamb gently into resting marinade (remove foil, if used). Rest for 15 minutes, turning once. The marinade combines deliciously with meat juices.
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