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Slow Cooker Leg of Lamb cooked in a slow cooker pot with onions, carrots in lamb stock
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Slow Cooker Half Leg of Lamb

Looking for an easy and delicious roast lamb dinner that will impress your family and friends? This slow cooker leg of lamb recipe is so easy you can't go wrong.
The lamb is cooked on top of vegetables and flavoured with herbs, resulting in a flavourful and succulent fall-off-the-bone meat that's perfect for Sunday dinner.
Plus, the left over gravy, made from the juices makes the ultimate finishing touch to this amazing meal.
A half-leg joint will fit most slow cooker pots, but make sure you measure the slow cooker pot and buy a joint that will fit in your slow cooker.
If cooking for more than 6 people and you have a large enough pot, you can buy a whole leg and ask the butcher to cut the leg bone so it can be folded to fit. Or buy 2 half legs so they can fit easier.
Prep Time10 minutes
Active Time7 hours
Resting Time30 minutes
Total Time7 hours 40 minutes
Course: Dinner, mains, Roast Dinner
Cuisine: British
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Yield: 3 People
Calories: 226kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 800 gram Half Leg of lamb
  • 2 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • Salt & Black Pepper
  • 2 Carrots
  • 1 Onion
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • 1 Lamb Stock Pot Or Beef
  • 300 ml Boiling Water

Optional flavouring

  • 1 tablespoon Mint Sauce add to the stock
  • Sprinkle Dried Rosemary

Gravy

  • All the remaining liquid from the slow cooker
  • Boiling Water
  • 2 tablespoon Cornflour
  • 1 Splash Browning
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

  • Remove 800 gram Half Leg of lamb from the packaging and pat dry with a kitchen paper towel.
    Patting the leg of lamb dry with paper towel on a red chopping board
  • Rub lamb with 2 tablespoon Olive Oil and season all over with Salt & Black Pepper.
    Half a leg of lab seasoned with salt and pepper on a red meat board
  • Sear the lamb in a lage pan on all sides until just browned.
    Searing the leg of lamb in a frying pan using tongs
  • Chop 2 Carrots into batons and 1 Onion into chunky rings. Place onions in the middle of the slow cooker pot and the carrots around the outside. Peel the 4 cloves Garlic and add to the pot whole.
    A slow cooker pot with chopped carrots, chunky onion rings and garlic cloves in the in the bottom of the pot
  • Place the lamb on top of the vegetables in the slow cooker.
    A slow cooker pot with chopped carrots, chunky onion rings and garlic cloves in the in the bottom of the pot with half a leg of lamb on top of the vegetables
  • Mix the 1 Lamb Stock Pot with 300 ml Boiling Water
    Optional- Stir in 1 tablespoon Mint Sauce with the stock for minted lamb flavour.
    Putting mint sauce into lamb stock with a spoon into a jug
  • Pour the stock around the sides, but not over the lamb leg joint.
    Pouring the minted lamb stock into the slow cooker pot
  • Optional* Sprinkle Dried Rosemary over lamb for extra flavour.
    Slow cooker lamb coated in salt, pepper and rosemary in a slow cooker pot
  • Place lid on.
    *Do not remove the lid at any point during cooking*
    For tender fall off the bone meat cook on low setting.
    Placing a lid on top of a slow cooker by hand
  • COOKING TIMES
    Half Leg of Lamb 600g - 1.2kg (1.3lb - 2.6lb)
    Low for 7 hours
    Whole Leg of Lamb 1.3kg - 3kg (2.7lb-6.6lb)
    Low for 8 hours
    A slow cooker pot with half of leg of lamb inside and the glass lid on top
  • After its had its full cooking time, remove lamb from the slow cooker.
    Taking the glass lid of the slow cooker with a lamb leg cooked inside the pot
  • Optional* If a more crispy skin is wanted, place on a baking tray and you can cook the leg of lamb in the oven uncovered for an additional 20 minutes at 180°c fan/ 200°c
    Slow cooker recipe of lamb cooked coated in rosemary
  • Cover the lamb joint loosely with foil and allow it to rest for at least 30 minutes to let the juices settle before carving or pulling the meat apart.
    Enough time to cook your side dishes and make the gravy.
    Covering over a cooked lamb joint with aluminium foil on a wooden chopping board

Gravy

  • Remove carrots and cover them to keep warm; these can be used with the roast dinner. They are soft but full of flavour!
    Scooping out cooked carrots from a slow cooker pot with a fork
  • Pour All the remaining liquid from the slow cooker through a sieve into a saucepan to remove onions and garlic.
    0Cooked onions and garlic cloves in a sieve being pushed down with a fork
  • Optional* Spoon excess fat off the top.
    Scooping out the lamb fat from the gravy in a saucepan with a spoon
  • Mix 2 tablespoon Cornflour with an equal amount of cold water until lump free. Add to the stock whilst stirring with a whisk.
    Pouring in cornflour mixture into our gravy cooking in a saucepan and being stirred with a whisk
  • Optional* Add 1 Splash Browning for a richer colour
    Adding drops of browning in the gravy in a saucepan being stirred with a whisk
  • Bring to a boil while whisking, lower the heat, then add extra Boiling Water until the gravy is at your desired thickness.
    Lamb gravy boiling in a saucepan being whisked

Serving

  • Once the lamb has rested for at least 30 minutes, you can pull it apart with two forks.
    Pulling apart Slow Cooker Leg of Lamb with forks on a wooden chopping board
  • Serve with all the sides and pour the gravy over the top. Enjoy!
    A roast lamb dinner consisting of slow cooked lamb, mint sauce, Yorkshire pudding,roast potatoes , carrots, parsnips runner beans and tender stem broccoli

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Nutrition

Calories: 226kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.2g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 312mg | Potassium: 368mg | Sugar: 0.1g | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 2mg