Royal Roast
Honey & crispin Honey Crisp Cider Glazed Roast Leg of Lamb
Serves 6
Ingredients
- 1 Leg of Lamb (about 2kg/4.4 Lbs)
- Fat trimmed, skin scored
- Olive oil, to drizzle
- 3-4 garlic cloves, skins on and halved
- A few sprigs of Thyme
- Juice from half a lemon
- 4 Honeycrisp apples
- 500mL/17 Fl.oz's Crispin Honey Crisp Cider (with apple wine sediment fully & evenly dispersed through the cider - tip & swirl)
- Runny Organic Honey, to drizzle
- 300mL/10Fl.Oz's lamb or chicken stock
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 220C/430F
2. Weigh Lamb and calculate final cooking at 12 minutes per 450g/1Lb for Medium-Rare, and 15 minutes for Medium
3. Score the fat in a criss-cross pattern, drizzle with olive oil, then rub all over with salt & pepper
4. Place in a deep roasting pan and scatter the garlic and thyme over and around
5. Pour over the lemon juice and drizzle again with olive oil
6. Sprinkle with a little more seasoning
7. Roast for 20 minutes
8. Slice the Honeycrisp apples in to quarters and cut off the cores
9. Remove the lamb from the oven and reduce the heat to 180C/360F
10. Scatter the Honeycrisp apples around the pan and baste the lamb with Crispin Honey Crisp cider
11. Turn the meat over and drizzle with 2 tablespoons of honey
12. Return lamb to oven for 30 minutes
13. Turn the lamb over and baste with pan juices, then drizzle over another tablespoon of honey
14. Continue to roast for the calculated time
15. Check juices - skewer thickest portion of lab - the redder the juices, the rarer the meat
16. Remove lamb from oven
17. Place on a carving board and cover with foil
Prepare Gravy
1. Apples and garlic should be very soft in the roasting pan
2. Press with a fork, then tip the entire contents of the pan through a fine sieve in to a saucepan
3. Push down with the back of a wooden spoon to extract all the juices and flavor of the apples and garlic
4. Discard the pulp
5. Place the saucepan over a medium heat and add the stock
6. Bring to boil and wait until sauce has thickened to a desired gravy consistency
7. Taste & Adjust seasoning. Pour in to a warm gravy serving jug
8. Carve the lamb in to thin slices
9. Gravy to taste
10. Crisp roast potatoes, tender green peas and broccoli to accompany the lamb
11. Add friends and family to taste
