Yalla Market
Slow-roast lamb with cinnamon, fennel & citrus Recipe
Turkish
⏱ 4 h
Hard
Slow-roast lamb with cinnamon, fennel & citrus — a classic Turkish Lamb.
Ingredients
- 1 Lamb Leg
- Zest and juice of 1 Lemon Buy: Lemon Marinated Chicken · ₺149.99
- 4 tablespoons Olive Oil
- 2 tablespoons Clear Honey
- 1 tablespoon Cinnamon Buy: Cinnamon Quills · ₺48.99
- 1 tablespoon Fennel Seeds
- 1 tablespoon Ground Cumin Buy: Ground Cumin · ₺61.99
- 3 Cloves Crushed Garlic Buy: Garlic Marinated Chicken · ₺149.99
Preparation
- Put the lamb into a large food bag with all the juice and marinate overnight.
- The next day, take the lamb out of the fridge 1 hr before you want to cook it.
- Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7.
- Take the lamb out of the marinade (reserve remaining marinade) and pat dry.
- Rub with half the oil and roast for 15-20 mins until browned.
- Remove lamb and reduce oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3.
- Mix the zests, remaining oil, honey, spices and garlic with plenty of seasoning.
- Lay a large sheet of baking parchment on a large sheet of foil.
- Sit the lamb leg on top, rub all over with the paste and pull up the sides of the foil.
- Drizzle marinade into base, and scrunch foil to seal.
- Roast for 4 hrs, until very tender.
- Rest, still wrapped, for 30 mins.
- Unwrap and serve with juices.