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Recipe : **** Leg Of Lamb With A Crown Of Garlic From Perigord

Leg Of Lamb With A Crown Of Garlic From Perigord
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Course:
Main Dish

Practical information

  • Prep time
    20 min
  • Cooking
    6 h 20
  • Ready in
    6 h 40
  • Difficulty
    Very easy
  • Price
    Friendly budget
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Categories

Healthy recipe
Difficulty:
easy recipe
Recipe for:
big families
Preparation:
in advance
Category:
Meat recipes
Tags:
garlic, lamb, leg of lamb, perigord

Recipe's Ingredients

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  • 50 garlic cloves
  • salted water
  • 3 tablespoons armagnac or 3 tablespoons brandy
  • salt
  • black pepper
  • 2.3 kg leg of lamb
  • 40 g goose fat or 40 butter
  • 250 ml sauternes or 250 montbazillac or 250 other sweet wine

  • Recipe preparation steps

  • 1
    Ground Blanch the lamb by putting it in boiling, salted water for 15 minutes.
  • 2
    Drain the leg and dry it well with absorbent paper or a clean cloth.
  • 3
    Melt the fat in a large, deep casserole.
  • 4
    Add the lamb and brown it all over.
  • 5
    Put the garlic cloves around the lamb.
  • 6
    Pour over the Armagnac or brandy and set it alight.
  • 7
    When the flames die down, add the wine and season with salt and pepper to taste.
  • 8
    Cover the casserole tightly, using foil to make a perfect seal.
  • 9
    Cook over very low heat for 5 or 6 hours, turning the meat over every 2 hours.
  • 10
    Serve the lamb on a large dish with its cooking juices and place the garlic around it in a circle.
  • 11
    This dish is traditionally served with pureed haricot or broad beans or a dandelion salad.French name: Gigot Périgourdin à la Couronne d'Ail.
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    This wonderful dish appears in various parts of France under different names.
  • 13
    The long slow cooking removes any slight bitterness from the garlic and it becomes a vegetable - tender, golden brown nuts of delicate flavour.
  • 14
    It is a dish for midsummer, when the young garlic is still tender and juicy, its fat stalks coloured with green and purple streaks, its skin silky.
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