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Roasted Leg of Lamb @ProvenceCook Provence Recipes

Paul Cezanne's Roasted Leg of Lamb

Course Main Dish
Cuisine French
Servings 6 People

Ingredients
  

  • 2Kg (4.5 lbs) Leg of Lamb
  • 1,5kg (3.3 lbs) Green Onions
  • 7 Garlic Cloves
  • 2 Ripe tomatoes
  • 300ml (10fl.oz.) Chicken stock
  • 2 Cups White Wine from Provence
  • 1 bay leaf fresh
  • Fresh Savory and Rosemary
  • 20gr (0.7oz) Butter softened

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to (270c° or 520F°)
  • In a small bowl, add crushed aromatic herbs (bay leaf, savory and rosemary) to the butter and 1 crushed clove of garlic. Mix the ingredients well and coat the full leg of lamb with the butter-herb mixture.
  • In a roasting pan, put the meat in the oven for 20 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, peel and rinse the onions. Cut off the bottoms (any roots), but keep 2 inches worth of the green tops.
  • In an baking dish set these rinsed onions adding olive oil and lightly sprinkle some sugar on the top of them.
  • After you have taken your meat out of the oven, replace with the onions for 5 to 10 minutes in order for the onions to brown a little bit. Remove from the heat.
  • Then add onions to your roasting pan around the meat.
  • Reduce the oven temperature to (240C° or 460F°) and cook for another 10 minutes.
  • Remove the dish from the oven, add the chopped tomatoes, the unpeeled 6 cloves of garlic and the white wine, Return to the oven for about 10 minutes.
  • Remove the pan and baste your meat with the chicken stock.
  • Add a generous amount of little salt and pepper.
  • Back in the oven for a final 30 minutes. Every once in a while, baste the meat and turn it over at least once.
  • When the 30 minute timer rings, open up the oven and let your meat rest for 10/15min. Carve and serve.
  • Serve with a green salad and a tanic provence Rosé wine such as a Chateau Simone.
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