400g boneless leg of lamb - how to roast?

[jamiebae]

A bit of a challenge for you....

I need to cook this tonight and have access to very limited extras (no rosemary for example) but have plenty of garlic and a few other bits.

It also has to be cooked in a Rayburn, which for the uninitiated is like an Aga but smaller and even more rubbish at holding a constant and even temperature.

So, roast simply I guess, while studded with Garlic but for how long? It came from Waitrose so not farm shop premium stuff but not Asda Smart Price either

[calibrax]

until the internal temperature is about 65c.

If you don't have a thermometer, you'll have to estimate it. If it's 400g then thats less than 1lb, so 30-40 mins should be enough, but it does depend how hot the oven is!

[jamiebae]

I do have a meat thermometer here so that's not a problem, it's a tiny piece of meat so I wasn't expecting it to take long. I think I can get the oven to a stable 180 or so, maybe a bit more if needed.

[tenex]

I'd sear it in a pan first. Then in the oven for 20 mins or so, pan and all.
I wouldn't worry if you haven't got rosemary or garlic.(Remember resting)
Using this method your garlic is probably better in the gravy. It could easily get burnt.

[jamiebae]

tenex said:

I'd sear it in a pan first. Then in the oven for 20 mins or so, pan and all.
I wouldn't worry if you haven't got rosemary or garlic.(Remember resting)
Using this method your garlic is probably better in the gravy. It could easily get burnt.

May I refer you to my earlier comment about using a Rayburn, searing is difficult when cooking on the culinary equivalent of an Austin 7

Done now, it was done to a turn in about an hour or so, then left to rest for about 20 mins while other stuff finished cooking and released enough juices to make a fantastic gravy. Just polishing off the rest of the bottle of Cotes du Rhone and for the first time ever I'm debating wiring up the French cable TV box so I don't have to watch Comic Relief. Unfortunately the router is on the other side of the house to the TV and I don't have a 30m network cable here so PH and Facebook it is!

[tenex]

Glad it turned out well.
I used to have a solid fuel Rayburn Royal.(Right hand oven)
Much searing was done at the left of the top plate. The oven was also then at a suitable temperature for roasting.

Great things.