How Long To Cook Half Leg Of Lamb Per Kg

A roast dinner classic! This Simple Roast Lamb and Gravy is quick to prepare and quick to cook, but using plenty of rosemary and garlic ensures it's packed full of flavour! Perfect for your Sunday lunch or Easter celebrations this year.

I love slow roast lamb as much as the next person, but sometimes I just don't have 4 or 5 hours to spare! This Simple Roast Lamb is a quick and easy recipe for a half leg of lamb (1.5kg / 3.25lb) that takes just over 1 hour 30 minutes from start to finish – and for 1 hour and 10 minutes of that the lamb is in the oven, doing it's thing, while I do mine…

The bonus of doing fast cooked roast lamb is that the lamb is cooked at a high temperature…ensuring the oven is at the perfect temperature to cook those all important roast potatoes!  While the lamb is cooking and resting you can prepare and cook myEasy Peasy Roast Potatoes and Easy Peasy Roast Vegetables.

Add in a green vegetable or two and a jug of gravy and you have yourself a VERY easy and stress free roast dinner. Perfect for Sunday lunch or even your Easter Day celebrations.

This recipe will leave the lamb just a tiny bit pink in the middle. If you prefer your lamb well done, add an extra 5 or 10 minutes to the cooking time.

This recipe makes enough for 4, with enough leftovers to make myLeftover Roast Lamb Shepherd's Pie. Or if you don't mind having no leftovers (!) it will serve 6-8, depending on appetite.

My favourite wine match with traditional roast leg of lamb done like this with rosemary and garlic, would be a robust red such as a Rioja or a Rhone. Other options that would work well include a Chianti, Bordeaux or Chilean Merlot. This is one occasion when white wine just doesn't really work (IMHO!).

Don't be fazed by the garlic and rosemary part – it really is very easy. Simply use a small sharp knife to cut lots of holes in the lamb and then simply stuff with a small sprig of rosemary and a small slice of garlic. It looks fancy but it's very easy and takes 5 minutes, tops!

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Simple Roast Lamb

A roast dinner classic! This Simple Roast Lamb and Gravy is quick to prepare and quick to cook, but using plenty of rosemary and garlic ensures it's packed full of flavour! Perfect for your Sunday lunch or Easter celebrations this year. (Serves 6-8, depending on appetite, or serves 4 with enough for leftovers for the next day.)

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Course Main Course

Cuisine British

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes

Servings 8 people

Calories 165 kcal

Lamb:

• 1.5 kg lamb
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• 4 large sprigs of rosemary chopped into small sprigs
• 3 garlic cloves sliced thinly

Gravy:

• 1 lamb stock cube
• 2 tablespoons plain flour
• 400 ml boiling water
• Lamb juices

Lamb:

• Pre-heat the oven to 220C / 200C / gas mark 7 / 425F.

• Get your lamb out of its packaging and stand on a board. Cut lots of little holes all over the lamb. Drizzle the lamb with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Rub the oil, salt and pepper all over the lamb and then push a small sprig of rosemary and a slither of garlic into each hole.

• Put the lamb in the oven for 1 hour 10 minutes.

• When the lamb is ready, remove it from the oven and put it on a plate or a board (I usually use a clean roasting tin, or sometimes even a pizza tray!)

• Rest for 15 minutes and then carve and serve.

Gravy:

• While the lamb is resting you can make a simple gravy.

• Start by crumbling the stock cube into a jug and adding the plain flour. Mix to a smooth paste using a small amount of cold water and then add 400ml boiling water to the jug, stirring constantly.

• Remove the fat from the tin you roasted the lamb in and put the tin on the hob over a low heat. Pour in the jug of lamb gravy and stir to incorporate the bits on the bottom of the tin.

• Add the juices from the resting lamb and then cook the gravy on a low heat for about 5 minutes. Pour back into the jug and serve with the lamb.

Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

Nutrition Facts

Simple Roast Lamb

Amount Per Serving

Calories 165 Calories from Fat 54

% Daily Value*

Fat 6g 9%

Saturated Fat 2g 13%

Cholesterol 75mg 25%

Sodium 82mg 4%

Potassium 343mg 10%

Carbohydrates 1g 0%

Protein 23g 46%

Vitamin A 15IU 0%

Vitamin C 0.5mg 1%

Calcium 18mg 2%

Iron 2.2mg 12%

* % Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

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How Long To Cook Half Leg Of Lamb Per Kg

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