Jimmy Carr’s Roasted Spring Lamb

Cooking Time
90
Portions
4

Ingredients

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  • g leg of lamb
  • g cup of olive oil
  •   tsp seal salt
  • g cloves of garlic, cut into slivers several sprigs of fresh rosemary
  • g potatoes
  • g large sweet potatoes
  • g white onions mint sauce

  • 1

    Step 1

    Pre-heat the oven to 290°F.
  • 2

    Step 2

    Cut the potatoes and sweet potatoes into inch-thick slices. Cut the onions in half and then place vegetables on a baking tray.
  • 3

    Step 3

    Drizzle the vegetables with olive oil and sprinkle on some salt. Place tray in the oven on the bottom rack and roast.
  • 4

    Step 4

    Cover the lamb in olive oil and then sprinkle with sea salt.
  • 5

    Step 5

    Use the point of a sharp knife to make small incisions all over the lamb. Place the garlic slivers and rosemary sprigs in the holes.
  • 6

    Step 6

    Place the lamb onto the middle oven rack with the vegetable baking tray beneath it to catch drippings.
  • 7

    Step 7

    Roast for 90 minutes. Test meat to see if it's done by slicing it in the thickest part. Remove from oven and transfer to a plate to rest. Cover lamb in foil and let sit for 10 minutes.
  • 8

    Step 8

    Serve with sweet potatoes, onions and mint sauce.

Ingredients

  • 1 g leg of lamb
  • 0.25 g cup of olive oil
  • 2.5 tsp seal salt
  • 6 g cloves of garlic, cut into slivers several sprigs of fresh rosemary
  • 8 g potatoes
  • 2 g large sweet potatoes
  • 2 g white onions mint sauce