Seven-hour leg of lamb

Name: Seven-hour leg of lamb
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 435 min
Total time: 495 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 3 fresh thyme sprig; 3 carrot; 100 ml cognac; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 300 g raw pork rind; 500 ml water; 2 bay leaf; 2 tsp veal stock powder; 2500 g raw partly boned leg of lamb; 6 garlic clove; 100 ml vegetable oil; 300 g raw pork backfat; 1 pinch of ground black pepper; 1 pinch of fine salt; 1 garlic bulb; 100 ml dry white wine — optional

Main course

Leg of lamb slowly braised with unpeeled garlic and carrots until meltingly tender.

Active time1 h 15 min

Cooking7 h

Total8 h

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Ingredients

3 fresh thyme sprigs
3 carrots
2 bay leaves
6 garlic cloves
1 garlic bulb
300 g raw pork rind
2500 g raw partly boned leg of lamb
300 g raw pork backfat
100 ml cognac
2 tbsp tomato paste
500 ml water
2 tsp veal stock powder
100 ml vegetable oil
1 pinch of ground black pepper
1 pinch of fine salt
100 ml dry white wine — optional

Preparation

Step completed · 1
Ask the butcher to partly bone the leg, leaving the shank bone, and lard it with the pork fat. Heat the oven to 150 °C. Peel and slice the carrots. Halve the garlic bulb and leave the cloves unpeeled. Dissolve the stock powder in the water.
Step completed · 2
Heat the oil in a large casserole. Brown the lamb on all sides, then the carrots, for about 15 minutes in total. Set aside in a dish. Line the base with pork rind and return the lamb and carrots.
Step completed · 3
Add unpeeled garlic, bay, thyme, cognac, tomato paste and prepared stock. Season with salt and pepper. Cover tightly and bake for 7 hours. Check the juices regularly and use the optional wine to top up if the base dries. The meat should yield to a spoon. Remove thyme and bay and serve with juices and carrots.

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