Here's Brindisa's recipe for the ultimate roast lamb, just in time for Easter. Serve with all the trimmings or with haricot beans panfried with garlic, herbs and chopped tomatoes.
You can buy our Frozen Milk Fed Lamb Legs with a 15% discount this week at Brindisa Hildreth Street and online at brindisa.com
READY IN 2 1/2 hours
COOKING TIME 2 hours 5 minutes
PREP TIME 10 minutes
SERVES Serves 4
INGREDIENTS
- 2 x 700g Milk Fed Lamb Legs
- 3 tbsp North & South olive oil
- 1 head of garlic cut in half crossways
- 1 clove of garlic finely chopped
- A splash of white wine or cava
- A few sprigs of fresh thyme
- 1 tsp sea salt
METHOD
- Pre-heat oven to 160
- Crush the garlic clove and thyme in a pestle and mortar
- Slowly add the olive oil to the garlic-thyme paste and whisk together until it thickens and emulsifies
- Rub the lamb legs with the emulsion and the sea salt
- Place in roasting tin with the head of garlic and a splash of cava or wine
- Slow roast for one hour on each side
- Turn the heat up to 190 for 5 minutes to finish the lamb
- Take out of the oven and leave the meat to rest