Herby rice-stuffed leg of lamb

6 servings Prep: 30 mins, Cooking: 4 hrs 10 mins
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Ask your butcher to debone the lamb for easy carving.

By Food24 November 04 2013
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Ingredients (16)

1 pnp finest extra-virgin olive oil — glug
1 onion — finely chopped
2 garlic — cloves, crushed
125 ml white rice
125 ml wine — dry white
125 ml stock — beef
60 ml fresh parsley — chopped
60 ml fresh dill
60 ml fresh mint — chopped
50 g almonds — slivered or pine nuts
1 salt and freshly ground black pepper
1.5 kg leg of lamb — easy to carve
2 rosemary — leaves stripped
1 Tbs dried oregano
1 cup stock — beef
60 ml pnp lemon juice
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Method:

Preheat oven to 180°C.

Heat a glug of oil in a saucepan. Add onion and garlic and cook until soft.

Add rice, wine and stock and allow to simmer for 5-10 minutes or until liquid has been absorbed (rice will still be a bit crunchy).

Remove from heat and toss through herbs and nuts.

Season well.

Flatten out lamb on a board.

Cut a few deep slits into the thickest part of meat (don’t cut all the way through).

Spread stuffing down the centre of lamb. Fold over to enclose stuffing and secure with kitchen string.

Place lamb on a roasting tray.

Rub all over with olive oil.

Season with salt, pepper, rosemary and oreganum.

Pour stock and lemon juice around meat.

Cover with foil and bake for 3-3½ hours or until lamb is tender and almost falling off the bone.

Remove foil and roast for a further 20-30 minutesuntil well browned.

Allow meat to rest before carving and serving.

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