Best Slow Cooked Lamb With Lemon And Oregano Recipes

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SLOW-COOKED LAMB WITH LEMON AND OREGANO



Slow-Cooked Lamb with Lemon and Oregano image

Recipe adapted from "Food From Many Greek Kitchens," by Tessa Kiros. Copyright 2011 by Tessa Kiros. Used with permission of Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Ingredients     Meat & Poultry     Lamb Recipes

Time 4h50m

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice (from 6 to 7 lemons)
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 heaping tablespoon dried oregano
1 1/2 cups water
1 leg of lamb (about 4 pounds)
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
2 1/2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into big chunks

Steps:

  • Combine lemon juice, oil, oregano, and water in a large nonreactive baking dish. Rub lamb all over with salt and pepper, and place in marinade, turning to coat well. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate 24 hours, turning once or twice.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Transfer lamb and marinade to a roasting pan. Cover lamb with parchment, and cover pan tightly with heavy foil. Roast 1 hour, then flip lamb. Cover again, and reduce heat to 300 degrees. Roast lamb 2 hours.
  • Flip lamb gently, since it will be very tender. Add potatoes to pan, and sprinkle with a little salt. Cover, and roast 1 hour. Raise heat to 400 degrees. Uncover, and roast until potatoes are golden around edges, 15 to 20 minutes.

SLOW ROASTED LEG OF LAMB WITH OREGANO AND LEMON



Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb With Oregano and Lemon image

From an Australian Women's Weekly Cookbook. This is lemony but yummy, discard the roasted lemon pieces.

Provided by JustJanS

Categories     Lamb/Sheep

Time 3h15m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 kg leg of lamb
3 cloves garlic, quartered
1/4 cup loosely packed fresh oregano
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 cup chicken stock
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 kg tiny new potatoes, quartered lengthways
1 medium lemon, cut into 8 ths
2/3 cup olive, pitted,i used a mix of green and black
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup water

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to hot.
  • Using sharp knife, pierce 12 cuts into lamb; press garlic and oregano into cuts.
  • Place lamb in large flameproof baking dish; pour wine, stock and juice over lamb.
  • Cover tightly; roast lamb in hot oven 30 minutes then reduce temperature to moderate; roast lamb, covered tightly, brushing occasionally with pan juices, for a further 3 hours or until lamb is extremely tender.
  • When lamb has about 1 hour left to roast, place potato, lemon and olives in separate baking dish; drizzle with oil, and place in oven; roast, uncovered, until browned and tender.
  • Transfer lamb to serving dish; cover to keep warm.
  • Heat 1 tablespoon of the reserved lamb juices in same flameproof baking dish; stir in flour.
  • Cook, stirring, until mixture is well browned.
  • Gradually stir in remaining lamb juices and the water; stir until gravy boils and thickens.
  • Slice lamb; serve with potato mixture and gravy.

BRAISED LAMB SHANKS WITH LEMON



Braised Lamb Shanks With Lemon image

Many of us had our earliest experiences with braised foods not at the pricey restaurants that have recently rediscovered their appeal but at the Greek diners that never forgot it. So it's not surprising that I associate braised lamb shanks with egg-lemon sauce, a Greek staple. But when I set about to recreate this standard dish I found the sauce superfluous. Though a slow-cooked pot of braised lamb shanks and root vegetables becomes so sweet that it begs for something to counter it, it is also so rich that the thick sauce (a primitive form of béarnaise, really) is overkill. Better, it seems to me, is to finish the braised shanks with what you might call lemon-lemon sauce, using both a lemon's zest and a lemon's juice. That little touch converts this dish from a delicious but perhaps one-dimensional stew to something more, a braise that may never look particularly elegant but tastes that way.

Provided by Mark Bittman

Categories     dinner, weekday, soups and stews, steaks and chops, main course

Time 2h

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
4 lamb shanks, roughly a pound each
Salt and pepper to taste
3 or 4 thyme sprigs
6 cloves garlic, lightly crushed
1 large onion, cut into chunks
4 stalks celery, roughly chopped
4 medium carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
2 cups dry white wine or water
1 1/2 pounds waxy potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
1 lemon
Chopped fresh parsley leaves for garnish

Steps:

  • Put oil in a large, deep skillet or casserole that can be covered later, and turn heat to medium-high. Add shanks, sprinkling them with salt and pepper. When pieces are deeply browned on one side, add thyme, garlic, onion, half the celery and half the carrots, and more salt and pepper to skillet. Continue to brown, stirring occasionally.
  • Add wine, and let mixture bubble for about a minute; cover and adjust heat so that mixture simmers steadily. Cook for about an hour.
  • Add remaining vegetables to pan; zest lemon, and add zest as well. Continue to cook until lamb is very tender and vegetables soft, another 30 to 45 minutes. (You can prepare dish up to this point in advance; let sit for a few hours, or cover and refrigerate for up to a day before reheating and proceeding.)
  • When lamb is done, juice lemon, and add juice to sauce. Taste, adjust seasoning, and serve, garnished with parsley.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 1137, UnsaturatedFat 32 grams, Carbohydrate 48 grams, Fat 61 grams, Fiber 8 grams, Protein 76 grams, SaturatedFat 26 grams, Sodium 2115 milligrams, Sugar 8 grams

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