Slow Roast Lamb With Prunes Roasted Garlic Recipes

ROSEMARY AND GARLIC ROAST LEG OF LAMB

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Using your hands, rub the lamb all over with the lemon juice. Pat the garlic and rosemary evenly all over the surface of the meat. Season the meat with the salt and pepper and place the lamb in a roasting pan. Place the lamb in the oven and roast for 30 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and continue to cook for about 1 hour longer for medium-rare, or until a meat thermometer inserted into the center of the roast registers about 145 degrees F to 150 degrees F (be careful that the thermometer does not touch the bone.) Remove lamb from pan and allow to rest for 10 to 15 minutes before carving.
• Position the roasting pan over your stove burners. Add mixed herbs and onions to pan, and stir to combine with pan drippings. Add chicken stock and wine to deglaze the pan, scraping the bottom with a wooden spoon to release any fond. Reduce over high heat until sauce consistency. Strain before serving, if desired. Slice lamb and serve with sauce drizzled over the top.

SLOW ROAST LEG OF LAMB

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
• Place carrots and garlic in a roasting pan large enough for the leg of lamb. Place lamb on top. Pour in wine and lamb stock. Place roasting pan on the stove and heat over medium-low heat until liquid is boiling. Cover the roasting pan tightly with aluminum foil, using oven mitts to protect your hands, and place in the oven.
• Roast in the preheated oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads 130 degrees F (54 degrees C) for medium, about 7 hours. Remove from the oven.
• Increase oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Transfer lamb into a second roasting pan.
• Roast lamb uncovered until skin is crispy, 15 to 20 minutes. Let rest before slicing.
• While lamb is resting, pour cooking juices from the first roasting pan into a saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer until reduced into a gravy, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

SLOW-ROAST LAMB WITH PRUNES & ROASTED GARLIC

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Remove any loose skin from the garlic bulbs and slightly fan the cloves without removing them from the root. Put on a sheet of foil, then drizzle with the 2 tbsp oil and sprinkle with salt. Wrap in the foil, and roast in the oven for 30-35 mins until soft. Leave to cool.
• For the marinade, put the prunes in a jug with 100ml boiling water for 10 mins until soft. Squeeze the roasted garlic flesh from the skins into the jug, then add the rest of the marinade ingredients. Whizz together using a hand blender until smooth.
• Put the lamb in a large baking dish. Make small incisions with a sharp knife, then pour the marinade over, massaging it into the holes. Cover with foil and leave to marinate in the fridge for at least 30 mins or up to 24 hrs.
• Turn the temperature up to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and put the lamb in the oven, immediately turning it down to 150C/130C fan/gas 2. Cook for 3-4 hrs, until the lamb has pulled away from the bone. Remove from the oven.
• Pour the juices into a jug, then skim off the layer of fat. Turn the grill to high, then brown the lamb for 10 mins. Remove, loosely cover with the foil, and rest for 20 mins before shredding the meat.
• Add 1½ tbsp of the juices to a saucepan over a medium heat and mix in the flour or cornflour. Cook for 3 mins, stirring, until it starts to colour, then add the wine, and simmer to reduce the liquid by half. Stir in the remaining meat juices. Taste for seasoning, then serve with the lamb.

SLOW-ROASTED GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Peel the head of garlic of all the papery skin with the exception of the very last layer.
• Garlic should still hold together in its original shape, but individual cloves should be visible.
• Rub head and inside of oven proof dish (a ramekin, custard dish will work) with butter or olive oil.
• Put water/stock in bottom of dish.
• Cover dish with foil and place in preheated oven for 45 minutes.
• After the 45 minutes are up, uncover the dish and bake for an additional 30 minutes.
• Remove garlic and dish from oven and allow to cool.
• After cooled, remove cloves and squeeze the roasted garlic from the cloves into a dish or container.
• The roasted garlic should be a light yellowy-brown and very soft and sticky.
• Store in the refrigerator and use in place of garlic for a milder and delicious flavor.

SLOW ROASTED HERB AND GARLIC LAMB SHANKS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 170C (150C fan forced).
• Arrange rosemary across base of a large roasting pan and sprinkle with half the oregano, turn and sprinkle with remaining oregano.
• Arrange shanks in a single layer, in pan and add garlic and season with salt and pepper.
• Pour white wine (or sherry) and stock into pan and cover pan with foil and bake for 1 hour and then remove from oven and turn shanks and re-cover and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes or until tender.
• Remove shanks from pan and skim fat from pan juices and serve pan juices drizzled over the shanks.