Name: Lamb with thyme-roasted potatoes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 leg of lamb; 10 garlic cloves halved; 3 tbsp vegetable oil; small bunch thyme; 100ml lamb, chicken or vegetable stock; 50g butter; 10 medium potatoes cut into 1cm slices

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Lamb with thyme-roasted potatoes

Lamb with thyme-roasted potatoes

John Torode

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 30 mins

Cook: 2 hrs

Plus resting

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 leg of lamb
10 garlic cloves

halved
3 tbsp vegetable oil
small bunch thyme
100ml lamb, chicken or vegetable stock
50g butter
10 medium potatoes

cut into 1cm slices

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal654
fat37g
saturates17g
carbs30g
sugars1g
fibre3g
protein53g
salt0.45g

low

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Pierce the lamb all over with a sharp knife and push garlic halves into the holes. Rub the oil all over the lamb and season well. Scatter half the thyme on top, than place the lamb on a wire rack over a roasting tray. Roast for 30 mins.
step 2

Meanwhile, in a small pan, bring the stock and butter just to the boil. Carefully lift out the lamb and wire rack. Tip the potatoes into the tray and pour over the buttery stock. Season and sprinkle on the remaining thyme. Mix everything well, shaking the tray until the potatoes are in an even layer. Place the rack and lamb back on top and cook for 1 hr.
step 3

After 1 hr, increase oven temp to 220C/200C fan/gas 8 and remove the lamb. Cover loosely and transfer to a warm place to rest for 30 mins before carving. Continue cooking the potatoes while the lamb rests until they are golden and starting to crisp. Return the lamb to the top of the potatoes, pour over any resting juices and carve over the potatoes so all the juices fall onto them.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2011

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