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Leg of Lamb
From John Owen, Sloppy Gourmet, based on a 1985 recipe of Julia Child
Ingredients
Leg of lamb (4 to 6 pounds)
1 clove garlic, peeled and sliced
4 fresh mint leaves (or dried rosemary)
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon paprika
½ teaspoon salt
Pepper
2 tablespoons sugar
Flour
Directions:
With a Julia Child-autographed stabbing knife, pierce the lamb in several places
and insert garlic slices and mint (or rosemary).
Gloop together the oil, vinegar, Worcestershire, paprika, salt, pepper, and
sugar. Add enough flour to thicken this muck into a paste. Rub it all over the
meat to coat. Then roll the lamb in flour and plunk it in a pan.
Shove the pan into a 500° oven until the crust has hardened and browned lightly.
Reduce the oven temperature to 325° and bake the lamb until done to your liking
(somewhere around 30 minutes a pound).
Boy, that's going to be good. But if anybody reaches for seconds, hit them on
the fist with the spatula. You want to save some leftovers to serve with this:
Supersauce for Leftovers
Ingredients
3 tablespoons butter
3½ tablespoons flour
½ tablespoon dry mustard
½ teaspoon curry powder
¼ teaspoon paprika
1½ cups beef stock
3 tablespoons sherry
Directions:
Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the flour, mustard, curry and paprika and
stir-cook a few minutes.
Add the broth and heat, stirring, until it is smooth and has thickened. Gloop in
the sherry. Serve over
re-warmed slices of lamb |