Roast Leg Of Lamb - Mediterranean Style

Total Time: 2 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 leg of lamb (about 1.5 kg) or 1 lamb shoulder (about 1.5 kg)
• 6 garlic cloves, slivered
• 2 lemons
• 2 onions
• 2 carrots
• 1 (330 ml) bottle beer
• salt
• pepper
• olive oil

Recipe

• 1 remove all the fat from the lamb (or most of it).
• 2 make small slits just large enough for garlic slivers evenly in the leg of lamb, and insert the garlic slivers.
• 3 cut the carrots into thick slices, the onions and lemons into quarters.
• 4 rub the lamb with olive oil, put salt and pepper all over.
• 5 put the lamb into a pan and place all the vegetables around it.
• 6 fill up with olive oil (1/2- 1 cup) and boiling water.
• 7 put into oven at 400°f and roast for an hour.
• 8 after one hour, turn meat over and fill pan with the whole bottle of beer.
• 9 put back into oven for another hour.
• 10 the vegetables give a very nice sauce.
• 11 experiment with the amount of lemon.
• 12 a nice variation is adding potatoes (quarters) when turning the lamb, gives great side-dish.