Sunday dinner – Roast leg of lamb, paired with a bottle of Allesverloren Shiraz

The Malan familie of Allesverloren Wine Estate share their roasted leg of lamb recipe with crispy potatoes and a cauliflower cheese sauce which your family will love!

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Serves 6

Ingredients:

1 large leg of lamb (around 1.5kg to 2kg)
Salt and pepper to taste
6 cloves garlic, peeled
10 sprigs rosemary
Scali’s Worcestershire spice or 3 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce and 1 Tbsp salt
1 x fresh lemon

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 180^oC. With a sharp, narrow knife, pierce the lamb 12 times (evenly spaced out). Season the lamb well with salt and pepper. Insert the garlic into 6 of the cavities and the rosemary into the other 6 cavities. Season generously with flavoured salt or Worcestershire sauce and pop into the oven. Roast until it is cooked to your liking.

It usually takes around 1 hour and 30 minutes for a 1.5kg leg of lamb and about 2 hours for a 2kg, depending on how you like it cooked. You can test it with a meat thermometer – internally, it should be around 71^oC when its medium and around 77^oC when well done.

Coat in fresh lemon juice just before serving, leave to rest for 15 minutes, slice and serve with crispy potatoes and cauliflower and cheese.

Enjoy with a glass of Allesverloren Shiraz.