For true connoisseurs of original tastes, lamb dishes are ideal. As a rule, the most delicious meat is obtained that prepared on coals. But if it is not possible to grill meat on an open fire, then the mutton in the oven turns out to be no less tasty and aromatic. If you managed to get the meat of milk lamb, then you have every chance to cook not just a meat dish, but a real culinary masterpiece.
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Oven baked lamb in foil
To make the lamb juicy and not repel its specific taste, it is better to marinate the meat, and use foil for baking. This is the only way to get an amazing dish with a delicious aroma. So, here is lamb in foil. Write down the recipe!
Ingredients:
• lamb weighing 1.5 kg;
• two onions;
• 1 tsp wine vinegar.
Cooking method:
1. First, we will pickle the lamb, for this you need to make not too deep cuts in it and fill them with a mixture of chopped garlic and bay leaf. Then grate the piece with any spices of your choice.
2. In the bowl, combine olive oil with vinegar and add some spicy herbs. Grease lamb with spicy marinade.
3. On a sheet of foil we put onion rings, on top - meat. We wrap and first stand four hours in the refrigerator, and then three hours in the oven.
Cooking in a large piece on a baking sheet
To bake whole mutton, you can take the flesh, and preferably a rack of young lamb. From spices, use rosemary and rhubarb. You will get a festive dish with notes of French Provencal herbs.
Ingredients:
• rack of mutton;
• a glass of red wine;
• half a glass of brown sugar;
• three tablespoons of olive oil;
• five cloves of garlic;
• 220 g of rhubarb;
• five heads of sweet onions (shallots);
• two branches of rosemary.
Cooking method:
1. First, make caramel in a pan of sugar and half a glass of water. Then pour the wine and after the drink is reduced by half, remove it from the stove.
2. In a pan, heat the oil and pass the slices of garlic with sprigs of rosemary in it. In a few minutes you will feel the amazing aroma of seasonings, which means you can spread the meat and fry it to a beautiful shade.
3. We transfer the fried rack to the baking sheet and send to bake for half an hour (temperature 180 ° C).
4. In the same spicy oil, fry the onion boats, then put the strips of rhubarb, pour the wine mixture and simmer the sauce to a thick consistency.
5. Baked rack of lamb served with aromatic sauce.
Sleeve baking recipe
Delicious lamb can be cooked in the culinary sleeve. But before moving on to the cooking process itself, use our recommendations.
Put the meat in water with the addition of a spoonful of salt and juice of one lemon, and leave it overnight. So lamb will turn out more tender.
Lamb baked in a sleeve with dried apricots turns out to be unusually tasty, such dried fruits only increase the sophistication of the taste of meat.
Ingredients:
• lamb;
• dried apricots;
• two garlic cloves;
• 60 ml of semi-sweet white wine.
Cooking method:
1. Rub the lamb meat with any spices, chopped garlic and pour over the wine. If you took our advice and soaked the meat in salt solution with lemon, then you no longer need to salt the meat. Forget about meat for two hours.
2. On mutton we make incisions to put pieces of dried apricots in them.
3. Put the stuffed meat in a sleeve and bake for 40 minutes (temperature 200 ° C).
Baked lamb in soy sauce
Not all gourmets prefer lamb, but if you know how to cook lamb in the oven, such a meat dish can easily become a favorite.
The main thing is to choose a marinade, which will not spoil the dish, but will bring it to perfection.
Ingredients:
• lamb;
• five small onions;
• six cloves of garlic;
• two branches of rosemary and thyme;
• soy sauce;
• paprika, bay leaf;
• olive oil.
Cooking method:
1. Take a medium-sized piece of lamb and pickle it in a mixture of oil, soya seasoning, chopped garlic, paprika and thyme.
2. You can bake meat in the sleeve, for this, put onion rings in a bag, distribute the lamb with sprigs of rosemary and lavrushka on top.
3. Cook the meat for 1.5 hours at a temperature of 200 ° C. 15 minutes before the end of the process, the sleeve can be cut to get a delicious crust on the surface of the meat.
With potatoes and garlic
Preparing a lamb festive dish is quite simple. To do this, it is better to take a leg of lamb, and to it - potatoes and garlic, as well as some spicy herbs for flavor.
Ingredients:
• leg of lamb;
• two heads of garlic;
• potatoes;
• lemon;
• 1 tsp. dried thyme and oregano;
• two to three tablespoons of olive oil.
Cooking method:
1. We lay the lamb leg on a baking sheet, make several punctures in it and fill them with garlic slices.
2. Spread potato and garlic slices around the meat, pour everything with oil, squeezed lemon juice, spices and herbs. Pour a little hot water and start baking lamb and potatoes at first 15 minutes at 220 degrees, and then an hour at 190 ° C.
3. After this time, we stir the potatoes, turn the leg over, again sprinkle with herbs, pour water and bake for another half hour.
With lemon, thyme and mustard
You can cook a real delicacy from the meat of a young lamb.Thanks to herbs and marinade, the meat is tasty, delicate and mouth-watering.
Ingredients:
1. Lamb loin.
2. Five spoons of ghee.
3. For 1 tsp. Dijon mustard and fresh thyme.
4. Two pinches of lemon peel.
Cooking method:
1. For marinade, mix oil, zest, mustard, dried herbs and salt. Carefully rub the loin, sliced in portions, and leave for six hours.
2. Place a baking sheet with foil on the lower level of the oven, and place the meat on the wire rack.
3. Fry lamb for half an hour, turning the pieces from time to time.
Lamb in a pot in the oven
In pots, you can cook many delicious meat dishes, including lamb with vegetables, cereals or dried fruits.
Ingredients:
• lamb (pulp);
• a few cloves of garlic;
• 160 ml of meat broth;
• coriander, thyme, rosemary, oregano;
• five tomatoes;
• a blend of peppers.
Cooking method:
1. We cut the lamb in small sticks and fry for eight minutes in a pan with a small amount of oil.
2. Put the meat in the pots, sprinkle it with a mixture of dried herbs and chopped garlic, cover with tomato slices and add chopped greens if desired.
3. Cover the pots and simmer the dish for two hours (temperature 180 ° C).
How to cook with vegetables
If you decide to cook lamb, then bake it in the oven along with vegetables. The meat is juicy, and the dish itself is bright and truly festive.
Ingredients:
• lamb;
• three potato tubers;
• carrots and onions;
• three tomatoes.
Cooking method:
1. Sprinkle lamb with salt, pepper and other spices of your choice.
2. Potatoes cut into four slices, tomatoes - in small pieces.
3. Put the meat in the form, distribute the vegetables around it, sprinkle the ingredients with oil, add some more spices and herbs.
4. Bake food for 1.5 hours. You can cover the lamb with foil, and 15 minutes before you are ready to remove it. So the meat does not burn and it turns out juicy with a delicious crust.
You can also bake lamb in the culinary sleeve, the meat is soaked with vegetable juice and it will turn out even more tender and soft.
To prepare a truly delicious lamb dish, you will need the meat of a young lamb (up to three months). Such a product is not only more tender, but also does not have such a specific smell and is rich in nucleic acid, which is necessary for our health. If you could not find the young meat, then you can buy lamb no older than 18 months, of course, the smell of such meat is already present, but correctly selected marinade and spices will help get rid of it. And most importantly, choose only a fresh product for cooking.
