Leg of Lamb with Black Walnuts

Name: Leg of Lamb with Black Walnuts
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 6 small white onions, peeled; 4 pickled black walnuts; ½ cup orange liqueur; 4 to 6 whole sweet potatoes, or yams; 1 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated; 1 teaspoon arrowroot, approximately; 6 medium carrots, peeled and sliced lengthwise; 3 whole mandarin oranges, unpeeled; 1 leg of lamb (4 pounds), trimmed of fat and rubbed with salt and pepper; 1 teaspoon salt

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Clay-Pot Cookbook

By Georgia Sales

Published 1974

About

Use a large unglazed clay pot for this hearty dish. It needs only a green salad to make a complete dinner.

Ingredients

1 leg of lamb (4 pounds), trimmed of fat and rubbed with salt and pepper
1 teaspoon

Dinner
Gluten-free

Method

Presoak your largest unglazed clay pot, top and bottom, in water for 15 minutes.

Place the prepared lamb in the pot, sprinkle with the nutmeg, then insert a meat thermometer in the lamb, away from the bone. Add all the remaining ingredients, except the arrowroot.

Place the covered pot in a cold oven.

Set the temperature at 480 degrees.

Cook for 2 hours, and then