Honey Glazed Lamb Recipe

You will need.....     1 small leg or shoulder of lamb

                              sprig of rosemary or bay leaf

                              pinch ground cinnamon

Preparation Time     seasoned flour

10 minutes               1 carrot, peeled and sliced

                              1 onion, peeled and chopped

Cooking Time          1 stick celery, washed and chopped

1 hour 40 minutes      1 tablespoon thick honey

                              4 fresh pears      

Oven setting            2oz. glace cherries

350F;  Gas Mark 4      few sprigs watercress

                           

Rub the meat al over with a mixture of cinnamon and seasoned flour. Place the prepared vegetables in the bottom of a roasting tin, with the rosemary or bay leaf. Place the meat on top. Bake in a moderate oven allowing 25 minutes per pound plus 25 minutes over. After one hour turn the joint and baste well.

 

Half an hour before serving, lift out the meat and drain all fat from roasting tin. Replace meat, best side up, and spread with honey, add peeled and cored pear halves. Return to the oven and continue cooking, basting meat and pears once or twice.

 

Serve meat surrounded with pears and watercress. Place 2 cherries in each pear half. Serves 4-6.

 

Quick Tip

 

To make gravy: pour off fat keeping back the meat juices. Add enough flour to absorb fat. Stir well over a gentle heat. Add water gradually from vegetables, boil and skim to remove grease. Season to taste and, if pale, add a little gravy browning using a skewer.

 

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