Roast lamb with mustard cream sauce

Ingredients

• 100ml olive oil
• 4 sprigs of rosemary, leaves chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard
• 1.5kg leg or shoulder of lamb

For the mustard cream sauce:

• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 180ml white wine
• 1 chicken stock cube
• 400ml cooking cream
• 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard

Directions

1. Combine the oil, rosemary, garlic and mustard in a large shallow dish. Spread over the lamb and refrigerate for at least one hour, or overnight if possible.
2. Preheat the oven to 200˚C/180˚C fan/gas mark 6. Remove the lamb from the marinade and place in a roasting tin. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
3. Remove the foil and cook for another 50-60 minutes until cooked to your liking, basting occasionally with the marinade.
4. Meanwhile, heat the oil for the sauce in a saucepan over a medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook for 5-7 minutes until soft.
5. Add the wine and simmer, uncovered until reduced by about half. Add the stock cube and cooking cream. Bring to a simmer, then reduce the heat to low.
6. Remove from the heat and stir in the mustard. Serve the lamb with the sauce poured over.

Recipe courtesy of Avonmore

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