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Gigot Farci Rôti à la Moutarde

Name: Gigot Farci Rôti à la Moutarde
Total time: 4 h 4 min
Yield: 8 servings from one 3 kg leg
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3 kg whole leg of lamb, hip and thigh bones removed, shank bone left in; 45 g fresh white breadcrumbs; 40 ml milk; 2 tbsp shallots or spring onions, minced; 28 g unsalted butter; 225 g lean raw lamb (trimmed from the leg), ground; 55 g pork fat or suet, ground with the lamb; 1 clove garlic, mashed; ¼ tsp ground rosemary; ¼ tsp salt; 1 pinch black pepper; ½ tsp ground rosemary; 1 clove garlic, mashed; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 120 ml strong Dijon mustard; 60 ml olive oil; 60 g carrots, sliced; 55 g onions, sliced; 2 cloves garlic, unpeeled; 480 ml brown lamb stock or beef bouillon

A partially boned leg of lamb filled with a rosemary and garlic lamb stuffing, painted with a mustard, soy and herb emulsion and roasted to rosy medium-rare, with a pan sauce sharpened by the leftover coating.

Yield8 servings from one 3 kg leg
Hands-on1 h 15 min
Total4 h 4 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Lamb

3 kgwhole leg of lamb, hip and thigh bones removed, shank bone left in

Stuffing

45 gfresh white breadcrumbs
40 mlmilk
2 tbspshallots or spring onions, minced
28 gunsalted butter
225 glean raw lamb (trimmed from the leg), ground
55 gpork fat or suet, ground with the lamb
1 clovegarlic, mashed
¼ tspground rosemary
¼ tspsalt
1 pinchblack pepper

Mustard coating

½ tspground rosemary
1 clovegarlic, mashed
1 tbspsoy sauce
120 mlstrong Dijon mustard
60 mlolive oil

Roasting

60 gcarrots, sliced
55 gonions, sliced
2 clovesgarlic, unpeeled

Sauce

480 mlbrown lamb stock or beef bouillon

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Soy
Mustard
Celery
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Olive
Onion family (any)
Onion
Garlic
Shallot
Cabbage family (any)
Carrot
Turmeric
Rosemary
Black and white pepper
Yeast
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Beef and veal
Pork
Lamb and mutton
Gelatin
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)

Taste

Heat
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh

Equipment

Oven
Stovetop
Food processor
Probe thermometer

Season

Spring

Occasion

Entertaining
Holiday

Effort

45–90 min active
Over 3 hours total
Difficulty 4
Needs advance prep
Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: high
Protein: high
Carbs: low
Fat: high
Fiber: low
Sodium: moderate

Budget

Budget: high

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