Baked leg of lamb – a detailed recipe cooking. 
Time: 3 час. 5 minutes. Complexity: easy Servings: 6 The recipes use volumetric containers with a volume of: 1 glass (st.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (Art.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 1 (3 kg.) Leg of lamb with removed sacral bone (cut fat to a thickness of 0.5 cm. and dress the mutton with a thread
- 8 cloves of garlic
- 1 tbsp. parsley
- 1/4 Art. fresh mint leaves
- 2 tsp lemon zest
- Juice 2 lemons
- 1 tbsp. l coarse salt
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- 1/2 tbsp. olive oil
- Pita wrapped in foil and preheated in the oven
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Recipe preparation:
- Dry the lamb and with the tip of a small sharp knife make fat shallow cuts across the surface. into a food processor put garlic, parsley, mint, juice and lemon zest, salt, pepper and butter. Beat until smooth. Rub the resulting paste the whole surface of the meat and put it in a greased small amount of oil baking dish. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes
- Preheat oven to 220 ° C. Bake lamb in the middle oven for 20 minutes, reduce heat to 180 ° C and cook approximately 1 3/4 hours, while a cooking thermometer inserted at 5 cm. into the thickest part of the meat (without touching the bone), will not show 57 ° C. Transfer the meat to a cutting board and let stand 15-25 min (the internal temperature of the meat rises to about 63 ° C for medium rare). Slice the meat across the fibers and serve with pita.
