Roasted Leg Of Lamb With Potatoes
A delicious and simple recipe for Roasted Leg Of Lamb With Potatoes
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 3 hr 30 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4.5 - 5.5 pound leg of lamb
- 3 - 4 lemons
- 1 teaspoon oregano + extra for sprinkling over potatoes
- ½ teaspoon rosemary + extra for sprinkling over potatoes (optional)
- Olive oil
- 3-4 pounds potatoes (we like red, cut into bite size pieces.)
- Salt
- Pepper
- 3 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 300F
- 2
Unwrap lamb, wash with cold water, and place lamb leg on roasting pan - fat side up!
- 3
Drizzle a light layer of olive oil over lamb
- 4
Squeeze 1 lemon over lamb.
- 5
Sprinkle with oregano, rosemary, salt, and pepper
- 6
Place in oven for around 2 hours, rotating and basting periodically. If pan gets too dry, add a little water.
- 7
After 2hrs, remove and turn heat up to 350F.
- 8
Spread the potatoes all around the lamb leg.
- 9
Use remaining lemons, and squeeze over potatoes. Make sure to get a bit of lemon juice on the lamb as well.
- 10
Sprinkle some oregano, salt, and pepper over potatoes (add rosemary if you’d like)
- 11
Add the tablespoons of butter at different places around the potatoes.
- 12
Pour ½ cup of water into the roasting pan.
- 13
Place back in oven for 1hr, check center to see if done to your liking - may need 30 min or so more depending on preference (see below for meat temperatures).