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Irene’s Roasted Leg Of Lamb

January 28, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats	Greek	Gma1	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6	lb	Leg of lamb, trimmed of all
		visible fat
4		Garlic cloves or to taste
		sliced up to 8
2	T	Extra-virgin olive oil
2	T	Dried oregano
		Salt and pepper to taste
2		Lemons, Juice of
2		Onions, chopped coarse
3		Carrots, chopped coarse
2 1/2	lb	Small red potatoes, scrubbed
2		Zucchini, chopped coarse
		Paprika to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 500 degrees  Using the tip of a knife, cut small
slits all over the lamb. Wedge the  garlic slices into the slits (using
as much of the garlic as you  like). Rub the lamb all over with the
olive oil, the oregano, and  salt and pepper to taste. Put the lamb in
a large roasting pan, and  squeeze the lemons over it. Arrange all the
vegetables around the  lamb and season them to taste with the paprika.
Add 1/4 inch of water  to the pan, and roast the lamb and vegetables in
the preheated oven  for 30 minutes. Turn the oven down to 300 degrees,
and roast the lamb  for 2 1/2 to 3 more hours (or until a meat
thermometer registers 160  degrees), basting it with the juices from
time to time and adding  additional water if necessary. (The lamb must
be well cooked to  develop the right flavor.) Let the lamb rest for 20
minutes before  carving. Serve each portion with some of the
vegetables.  Nutritional Analysis per serving: 300 calories: 28%
calories from  fat; 9 grams of fat; 78 milligrams of sodium.  From Joan
Lunden's Healthy Cooking by Joan Lunden and Laura Morton;  published by
Little, Brown, 1995.  Converted by MC_Buster.  NOTES : This is an old
Greek recipe, passed down from generation to  generation -- but not in
my family.  It's a favorite of Irene Katris,  who was my bookkeeper for
a number of years.  While it's not the  skinniest recipe in this book,
it's worthy of an occasional splurge,  and well worth the time and
tender loving care that it takes to  produce. Serve the usual mint
jelly with this slow0cooked,  fall-off-the-bone leg of lamb. A 6-pound
leg of lamb is enough for  sixteen servings, so this is an ideal recipe
for a small dinner  party. Serves 16  Recipe by: Good Morning America
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 1241 Calories From Fat: 211 Total Fat: 23.7g Cholesterol: 158.8mg Sodium: 2002mg Potassium: 1905.7mg Carbohydrates: 190.6g Fiber: 43.5g Sugar: 29.1g Protein: 76.2g