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Roast lamb dinner with skordalia

Skordalia is basically a Greek garlic dip or spread made by combining crushed garlic with a thick base such as day-old bread or mashed potatoes. And there is nothing that goes with Skordalia as well as the roast lamb in this high-protein, high-iron recipe. Enjoy!

Hands-on time: 30 mins
Time to make: 34 mins
Serving: 8 people

Ratings: 5.0

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Ingredients

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2kg lamb leg, fat trimmed (1.1kg-1.2kg meat)
⅔ cup lemon juice
2 teaspoons dried oregano
1.5kg white-skinned potatoes, coarsely chopped, plus extra potato (about 500g)
4 carrots, scrubbed and coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon fresh lemon
thyme
black pepper
1 head broccoli, cut into florets
2 small cloves garlic, crushed
3 tablespoons olive oil

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Instructions

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Preheat oven to 150°C. In a baking dish, place lamb and 1/2 cup water. Pour cup of the lemon juice over lamb, then sprinkle with oregano. Cover dish with foil and roast for 2 1/2 hours.
Line a large baking tray with baking paper, place potatoes, carrots and lemon thyme on it. Drizzle with remaining lemon juice. Season with cracked black pepper.
Increase oven temperature to 200°C. Uncover lamb and discard foil. Roast lamb and vegetables for 30 minutes. Remove lamb from oven. Stand, covered with foil, for 20 minutes. Add broccoli to tray with vegetables. Roast vegetables for 20 minutes more, or until golden and tender.
Meanwhile, make skordalia. In a saucepan of boiling water, cook extra potato for 15 minutes, or until tender when pierced with a small knife. Drain, discard skin and coarsely chop. Press potato through a fine sieve into a bowl. Add garlic, olive oil and ½ cup water and stir to combine. Season with cracked black pepper.
Serve lamb with vegetables and skordalia.

Nutrition info (per serve)

Calories 411 cal

Kilojoules 1720 kJ

Total fat 11 g

Saturated fat 3 g

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First published: Apr 2018

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One comment on Roast lamb dinner with skordalia

Ann Glamuzina November 26, 2021 at 3:34 pm #

I had lots of parsley in the garden so threw some finely chopped parsley into the skordalia – it was very nice!

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