Fork Tender 5 hour Leg of Lamb with rosemary and garlic

Fork tender and flavorful. This slow cooked leg of lamb, with garlic, rosemary, and red wine, can be prepped in minutes.

I was not going to share this recipe, mostly because I didn’t feel like taking pictures. I’d been smelling the lamb cooking for hours and I was hungry, I wanted to eat! But when now happily sated I was still taking just one more bite of the leftover lamb in the Dutch oven I thought just maybe I should share it after all.

On that first night we had the lamb topped with the pan juices and a bit of Greek yogurt. I served it with pita bread, lemon pan-fried potatoes and a salad with cucumber and feta. Delicious- but no pictures, an undocumented meal.

Then yesterday I finally decided to finish up the Craftsy food photography course that I got as an affiliate so I could try their wares. And, less hungry than the day before, I was inspired to actually stage some shots and photograph a bowl of meat. Don’t judge the course by my photos, I’m really sort of lazy and these few shots just were the lead in for the (now I fear overhyped) sandwiches I’ll post about tomorrow.

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and now we return to our regularly scheduled program

Fork Tender 5 hour Leg of Lamb with rosemary and garlic

A few notes:

I had bread to bake so I pulled my lamb out of the oven and kept it covered over a low heat on the stove top adding a bit more red wine as it simmered to increase the amount of pan juices.

I imagine this would also work quite well in a slow cooker. Given the lower heat of the slow cooker I would probably pan-sear the lamb first.

Ingredients

• Well-trimmed 3-4 pound boneless leg of lamb
• Two large springs of rosemary
• Three cloves of garlic, sliced
• The juice of one lemon
• About a cup of red wine
• A generous amount of black pepper, and a pinch of kosher salt at the beginning and a pinch at the end

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325F
2. Lightly coat the interior of your Dutch oven with olive oil
3. Combine all ingredients in the Dutch oven
4. Cover and bake until fork tender, about 5 hours
5. Serve warm with the pan juices.

Fork Tender 5 hour Leg of Lamb with rosemary and garlic

dutch oven slow baked savory simple leg of lamb

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Cook Time 5 hrs

Course Gluten free, Main Course, Snack

Ingredients

  

• Well-trimmed 3-4 pound boneless leg of lamb
• Two large springs of rosemary
• Three cloves of garlic sliced
• The juice of one lemon
• About a cup of red wine
• A generous amount of black pepper and a pinch of kosher salt at the beginning and a pinch at the end

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 325F
• Lightly coat the interior of your Dutch oven with olive oil
• Combine all ingredients in the Dutch oven
• Cover and bake until fork tender, about 5 hours
• Serve warm with the pan juices

Notes

I had bread to bake so I pulled my lamb out of the oven and kept it covered over a low heat on the stove top adding a bit more red wine as it simmered to increase the amount of pan juices.

I imagine this would also work quite well in a slow cooker. Given the lower heat of the slow cooker I would probably pan-sear the lamb first.

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