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How To Make Stuffed Leg Of Lamb

Stuffed Leg of Lamb Recipe. Leg of lamb stuffed with chestnuts and served with home cooked gravy. An alternative for a Sunday Roast with no compromise on taste. Delight in our Stuffed Leg of Lamb recipe. Enlarge

How To Make Stuffed Leg Of Lamb

Stuffed Leg of Lamb Recipe. Leg of lamb stuffed with chestnuts and served with home cooked gravy. An alternative for a Sunday Roast with no compromise on taste. Delight in our Stuffed Leg of Lamb recipe.

Prep:
30m
Cook:
1h:30m
Total:
2h
Serves:
4

Step 1: You will need

  • 1 leg of lamb de-boned
  • 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
  • 120 g mushrooms, chopped or sliced
  • 3 shallots, roughly chopped
  • 150 g tinned chestnuts
  • 1 bunch of parsley, chopped
  • 4 sprigs of thyme
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 carrots
  • 1 onion
  • 150 ml beef or chicken stock
  • 2 celery sticks
  • 1 bulb of garlic
  • 1 knob of butter
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • salt
  • 1 frying pan
  • 1 chopping board
  • 1 bowl
  • string
  • 1 chopping knife
  • 1 roasting dish
  • 1 scissors
  • 1 spoon
  • 1 fork

Step 2: Preheat the oven

Preheat the oven to 220°C.

Step 3: Sauté the mushrooms

In a frying pan add 2 tbsp of oil with a knob of butter. When hot add the mushrooms. When they are slightly brown add the shallots.

Step 4: Add the garlic

Continue cooking for 2 minutes then add the 2 cloves of chopped garlic. Season with salt and pepper and continue to cook for a further 2 minutes. Set it aside to cool down.

Step 5: Chop the chestnuts

Once cooled down put the onion mixture on a chopping board with the chestnuts on top and roughly chop.

Step 6: Mix the stuffing and season

Put the chopped mixture into a bowl, add the thyme and parsley and mix together thoroughly.

Step 7: Stuff the lamb

Take the de-boned lamb and place it fat side down on a board. Season well. Put the stuffing in the middle of the leg right along the whole length.

Step 8: Roll the lamb up

Start rolling the lamb from one side to the other. Tie with 6 separate lengths of string along the length of the rolled up leg.

Step 9: Chop the vegetables

Roughly chop the carrots, onion, celery and bulb of garlic. Put all the vegetables into the centre of the roasting dish and drizzle some oil over the top.

Step 10: Season the lamb

Now take the lamb roll and drizzle with oil. Season with salt and pepper and place it on top of the vegetables in the roasting dish.

Step 11: Place in the oven

Place the dish in the oven and cook for 1 hour. After 1/2 hour of cooking time lower the temperature to 170° C and cook for a further 30 minutes.

Step 12: Add the stock

15 minutes before taking out the lamb add the stock into the dish.

Step 13: Take the string off

Once cooked, take it out of the oven and remove the string.

Step 14: Carve

Carve and serve with vegetables and the natural gravy in the roasting dish.