Leg of lamb with honey-mustard crust

AUTHOR
Shirley Vincent
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 3
COOK TIME
135 mins
TOTAL TIME
135 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6
  • 1 Leg of lamb (approx. 2 kg)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1 untreated lemon
  • 750 g Carrots
  • 4 Kohlrabis
  • 1 (approx. 500 g) Pointed cabbage
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Honey
  • 1 TABLESPOON medium hot mustard
  • 100 g Whipped cream
  • 3 TABLESPOONS dark sauce thickener
  • 30 g Butter or margarine
  • 7-10 Tbsp Chervil leaves and parsley

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash leg of lamb, dab dry and rub with salt and pepper. Place on the fat pan of the oven and cook in the preheated oven (electric: 200 °C/ gas: level 3) for approx. 2 hours.

  2. 2

    Gradually pour on about 1/2 litre of water. Wash the lemon, cut into slices and place in the fat pan 20 minutes before the end of the cooking time. In the meantime, peel the carrots (leaving a little green) and wash them.

  3. 3

    Peel, wash, quarter and cut the kohlrabi into slices. Wash and halve the pointed cabbage and cut into wide strips. Cook kohlrabi and carrots in a little salted water for 12-15 minutes. Mix honey and mustard and brush the leg with it 10 minutes before the end of the cooking time.

  4. 4

    Cook the pointed cabbage in a little salt water for about 5 minutes. Remove the leg. Pour stock through a sieve into a pot, fill up to 1/2 litre with water and bring to the boil. Add cream, stir in sauce thickener and bring to the boil.

  5. 5

    Season to taste with salt and pepper. Melt the fat. Drain vegetables and arrange on a plate with the leg of lamb. Pour the fat over the vegetables. Sprinkle kohlrabi with chervil leaves. Garnish leg of lamb with lemon wedges and parsley.

  6. 6

    Add extra sauce. Roast potatoes taste good with it.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
870 kcal
CARBS
15 g
FATS
60 g
PROTEINS
66 g

Categories & Tags

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