Roast Lamb with Herb Sauce

Name: Roast Lamb with Herb Sauce
Yield: 5 to 6 servings
Ingredients: 2 fresh mint sprigs or 1 teaspoon dried mint; 1 teaspoon dried thyme; 2 bay leaves; 2 tablespoons finely chopped shallots; 3 tablespoons butter; ¼ cup salad oil; Freshly ground black pepper; ¼ cup chopped parsley; 1 cup Brown Sauce; ½ cup Beef Stock; 4½ cups dry white wine; 1 oven-ready leg of lamb (6½ to 7 pounds); 2 small onions, peeled and stuck with cloves; 12 peppercorns; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; Salt; 12 juniper berries; 4 parsley sprigs; 2 carrots, scraped and quartered

Preparation info

5 to 6
servings

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

About

This preparation for leg of lamb, which starts by marinating it in wine and herbs, makes an excellent dish for a January menu.

Ingredients

1 oven-ready leg of lamb (6½ to 7 pounds)
4½ cups dry white wine
2 small onions, peel

Main course
January

Method

Wipe the leg of lamb with a damp cloth. Place it in a stainless-steel, ceramic or enamelware container.
Mix the wine with the onions, garlic, peppercorns, juniper berries, 2 teaspoons salt, carrots, parsley, bay leaves, mint and half of the thyme. Pour the mixture over the lamb. Let the lamb marinate in the refrigerator for two days. Turn it occasional