- Cooking time: medium – 25 minutes per 450g/500g plus 25 minutes, or well done – 30 minutes per 450g/500g plus 30 minutes.
- The oven temperature should be 180°C / 160°C fan / Gas 4.
- Weigh the lamb joint and calculate the cooking time. Place the lamb on a board and make several slits into the joint.
- Line a large roasting tin with foil. Place the oil, onions, seasoning, mint, vinegar and brown sugar into the roasting pan, add the lamb and roll around to coat thoroughly. Roughly squash some of the onions, mint and sugar into some of the slits – leave to marinate for two hours, covered and in the fridge.
- Remove from fridge, spoon over any marinade juices, scrunch the foil very loosely around the bottom of the joint and cook for the calculated cooking time. Baste the lamb joint a couple of times during cooking. Mix all the ingredients together for the mint sauce and allow to stand at room temperature for about 20 minutes to infuse flavours.
- Remove the lamb joint from oven and allow to stand for about 15-20 minutes before carving. Serve on a bed of steamed spring vegetables and spoon over the cooking juices.
Spring minted leg of Welsh Lamb
- Prep time 15 mins
- Cook time 2 hrs 10 mins
- Serves 5+
Ingredients
- 1 leg of PGI Welsh Lamb
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 small onions, sliced
- Seasoning
- 2 large handfuls of fresh mint leaves, roughly torn
- 6 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
For the mint sauce:
- 1 large handfuls of fresh mint leaves, roughly torn
- 6 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
Nutrition
- Energy: 1330 KJ
- Calories: 319 kcals
- Fat: 17 g
- Of which saturates: 5.0 g
- Salt: 0.7 g
- Iron: 3.4 mg