Greek Style Lamb Roast
This delicious Greek style Lamb Roast recipe will make the perfect centre piece for your next BBQ lunch or dinner party. Created by Chef Shellie Froidevaux, this recipe is supercharged in an aromatic marinade before being roasted in our NN-CT56 3-in-1 Convection Microwave. Pair it with Shellie's fresh Greek salad and you have a winning combination on your hands!
Ingredients
Lamb
- 2 kglamb leg bone in
- 2 tbsolive oil
- 1lemon zest and juice
- 3garlic cloves minced
- 1 tbsdried oregano
- 6sprigs thyme
- sea salt
- cracked black pepper
Greek Salad
- 3to matoes
- 0.5cucumber deseeded
- 0.5red onion
- 100 gfeta
- 1 cupkalamata olives, pitted
- 1 tbsdried oregano
- 2 tbsextra virgin olive oil
- Greek pita bread to serve
- Greek yoghurt to serve
Steps
1) In a large dish, combine the olive oil, lemon zest and juice, garlic, dried oregano, thyme, salt and pepper together. Add the lamb and use your hands to massage in the marinade. Set aside for 30 minutes at room temperature.
2) Place the lamb on the enamel tray on the glass tray. Press the Auto/ Roast pad nine times for Automenu 28, Lamb Medium. Enter 2000g and press Start. After cooking, remove from the oven and allow to rest while you make the salad.
3) To make the salad, roughly chop the tomatoes, cucumber, red onion and feta. Halve the olives. Add the dried oregano, olive oil, season with salt and pepper and toss to combine. Transfer to a serving plate.
