{"id":4120,"date":"2019-03-20T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.rouvinez.com\/blog\/non-classe\/veroniques-leg-of-lamb\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T10:43:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:43:50","slug":"veroniques-leg-of-lamb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.rouvinez.com\/en\/blog\/recipes\/veroniques-leg-of-lamb\/","title":{"rendered":"V\u00e9ronique&#8217;s leg of lamb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For a leg of lamb of approx. 1.5 kg <\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The day before, prepare the marinade: Mix 4 tbsp of oil with 2 tbsp of honey, 2 tbsp of mustard, 1 tbsp of chopped rosemary sprigs, 2-3 pressed garlic cloves, and pepper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rinse the leg of lamb, pat it dry, place it in a freezer bag and pour in the marinade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Massage the leg of lamb so that the marinade penetrates the meat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Let the leg of lamb rest in the refrigerator overnight, wrapped in the freezer bag.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take the leg of lamb out 1 hour before cooking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preheat the oven to maximum (250\u00b0C), turn on the \"grill\" function when it is hot and roast the leg of lamb for 15 min per side.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turn off the grill, set the oven to 80\u00b0C, and reduce the oven temperature quickly by leaving the door open; meanwhile, turn the leg of lamb in its dish without piercing it, sprinkle with fleur de sel, and position the leg of lamb in the middle of the oven,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insert a thermometer into the middle of the leg of lamb, without touching the bone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cook until 55\u00b0C for medium-rare, 60\u00b0C for medium (otherwise about 2 hours 30 minutes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 hour before the end of cooking, add a few unpeeled but rinsed garlic cloves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove the leg of lamb, cover it with parchment paper or foil and a cloth to keep it warm, and let it rest for 20 min.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carve and serve with the roasted garlic, grilled sp\u00e4tzli, and the vegetables of your choice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be enjoyed with a <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.famillerouvinez.com\/collections\/les-grandes-cuvees\/products\/coeur-de-domaines-rouge-aoc-valais\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C\u0153ur de Domaines Rouge<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a leg of lamb of approx. 1.5 kg To be enjoyed with a C\u0153ur de Domaines Rouge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-4120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.rouvinez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.rouvinez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.rouvinez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.rouvinez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.rouvinez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.rouvinez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4122,"href":"https:\/\/dev.rouvinez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4120\/revisions\/4122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.rouvinez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.rouvinez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.rouvinez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.rouvinez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4120"},{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.rouvinez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=4120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}