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How to Roast Lamb | Kids Eat by Shanai

Roast Lamb and Buckwheat Salad


Description

Roast Lamb and Buckwheat Salad


Ingredients

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  • 2kg lamb leg or shoulder, bone in
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 tablespoons rosemary leaves

BUCKWHEAT SALAD

  • 400g buckwheat
  • bunch of mint
  • bunch of coriander & parsley
  • lemon, juiced
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • 500g Greek yoghurt
  • 1 red onion, finely diced
  • pinch of sugar

Instructions

Take lamb out of fridge 1 hour before cooking.

Combine rosemary, garlic and olive oil and set aside.

Preheat oven to 220C fan forced.

Place lamb into oven tray, season with salt and pepper and baste with olive oil mix.  

Roast in the oven for 20 minutes, then turn down to 180C and roast for another 1  hour.  Baste with oil continually as it is cooking.

Remove from oven, the internal temperature should be 55-60C for medium rare.  Cover loosely with foil and rest for 20 minutes.

For the salad, tip the buckwheat into a large saucepan and dry-toast for 5 minutes, until golden brown and a nutty fragrance.  Remove from heat and let cool.

Tear the herbs into the buckwheat, season with salt, add 1 cup of lemon juice and oil, toss together and set aside.

Combine the yoghurt, remaining lemon juice, onion and sugar and season with salt and pepper.  Drizzle over the buckwheat to serve.