Lamb in the European part of Russia is not as popular as pork or beef, and it is completely in vain. Lamb meat is a very healthy product that contains protein, iron and B vitamins. Also, lamb meat is a good dietary component. Due to the minimal amount of fat in lamb, you can use it without fear for your figure.

Lamb meat is ideal for cooking. The meat is tasty, very healthy, especially if you choose the right way of cooking. Experienced chefs advise to bake lamb in the oven, then, firstly, it will retain more nutrients, and secondly, it will remain juicy. Below is a selection of the most delicious recipes.

Lamb in the oven in foil - step by step recipe with photo

To cook delicious lamb, you do not need to bother too much, you can simply bake it in foil. The meat from the oven will have a beautiful appearance and fantastic aroma. It is this lamb that will become a signature dish on the festive table.

Cooking time: 3 hours 0 minutes

Quantity: 6 servings

Ingredients

• Lamb: 1.5 kg
• Dry spices: 20 g
• Salt: 10 g
• Soy sauce: 50 g
• Garlic: 1/2 large head
• Fresh tomatoes: 50 g
• Mustard: 10 g
• Lemon juice: 2 tsp

Cooking instructions

How to cook lamb in the oven in the sleeve

The modern housewife is fine, she has thousands of kitchen assistants who help to cook quickly. One of them is the roasting sleeve, which simultaneously makes the meat tender and juicy, and leaves the baking sheet clean. For baking, you can take a leg of lamb or a clean fillet, as you like.

Products:

• Lamb - 1.5-2 kg.
• Coarse salt - 1 tbsp. l.
• Mustard "Dijon" (in grains) - 2 tsp.
• Spices "Provencal herbs" - 1/2 tsp.

Technology:

1. Remove excess fat from the meat, cut off the films, wash, blot with a paper napkin.
2. Grind spices into powder (or take ready-made ground), mix with salt.
3. Grate the lamb from all sides with the resulting aromatic mixture. Now gently brush with mustard. Leave to marinate for 3-4 hours in a cool place.
4. Hide the meat in a sleeve, put on a baking sheet, put in the oven. Bake at maximum temperature (220 ° C) for 40 minutes.
5. Then lower the temperature, continue baking for half an hour. You can carefully cut the sleeve so that a ruddy crust appears.

Put the finished baked lamb on a beautiful dish, pour over the juice remaining in the sleeve, decorate with herbs. The dish of the day is ready!

Delicious lamb in the oven in pots

Once upon a time, grandmothers cooked in pots in the oven, and these were amazing dishes. Unfortunately, time cannot be turned back, but it is quite possible to use pots to prepare modern dishes. Below is a recipe for lamb cooked in this way.

Products:

• Lamb (lean fillet) - 800 gr.
• Bulb onions - 1-2 pcs.
• Potatoes - 12-15 pcs.
• Garlic - 1 head.
• Carrots - 2 pcs.
• Vegetable oil - 100 ml.
• Butter - 50 gr.
• Cheese - 100 gr.
• Spices (to the taste of the hostess), salt.
• Water.

Technology:

1. You need to start with lamb, ideally it should be chilled, but you can also take frozen. Rinse the meat, dry with paper towels, cut into cubes.
2. Peel, wash, cut vegetables in a convenient way (for example, potatoes in wedges, onions in half rings, carrots in thin slices).
3. Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil, put meat cubes there, fry until half cooked. Experienced chefs advise lightly sautéing carrots and onions in another pan.
4. Now it's time to put all the ingredients in the pots. Rinse the containers, pour a little vegetable oil down. Lay in layers - lamb, carrots, onions, finely chopped garlic, potato wedges.
5. Season with salt, add spices, add butter cubes each. Top up with heated water, close the lids and put in the oven.
6. Cooking time approx. 40 minutes at 180 ° C. Grate hard cheese and sprinkle five minutes before the end of the process.

The family will be very happy about the unusually served dish and will definitely ask for a repeat!

Oven lamb recipe with potatoes

Lamb is considered a fairly fatty meat, so it is best cooked with potatoes, which will absorb the excess fat. In addition, when baked, a golden crust forms, making the dish very appetizing.

Products:

• Lamb - 1.5 kg.
• Potatoes - 7-10 pcs.
• Garlic - 4 cloves.
• Olive oil (vegetable oil can be substituted).
• Rosemary and thyme, salt
• Dry white wine - 100 ml.

Technology:

1. Prepare ingredients. Peel the potatoes, rinse them under water, and chop them quite coarsely, since roasting lamb is a lengthy process. Season with salt, spices and rosemary, chopped garlic (2 cloves).
2. Peel the meat from films and excess fat, rinse, make deep cuts.
3. Pass the garlic through a press, add herbs, oil, salt, grind thoroughly. Grate mutton well with fragrant marinade.
4. In a baking dish, pour a little oil on the bottom, put potatoes, meat on top, pour wine over it. Cover with a sheet of cling foil and send to the oven.
5. Bake for 40 minutes at 200 ° C. From time to time water the meat and potatoes with the resulting "juice".

If the baking container is beautiful, then you can serve the dish directly in it. Or put the meat on a nice plate, distribute potatoes around. Sprinkle generously with herbs, and invite guests!

Lamb in the oven with vegetables

The ideal "companion" of mutton is potatoes, but other vegetables that are currently in the refrigerator can also make a company. It is worth trying to cook meat according to the following recipe.

Products:

• Lamb - 500 gr.
• Potatoes - 6-7 pcs.
• Carrots - 2-3 pcs.
• Onions - 2-4 pcs.
• Tomatoes - 3-4 pcs.
• Eggplant - 1 pc.
• Vegetable oil.
• Salt and spices, including hot and allspice peppers, thyme, rosemary.
• Water - ½ tbsp.

Technology:

1. Prepare lamb: peel off films and excess fat, rinse, dry, salt, sprinkle with spices, leave to marinate.
2. During this time, prepare vegetables. Clean and wash. Cut the eggplant into circles, add salt, squeeze, drain the resulting juice.
3. Cut the potatoes into slices, carrots and tomatoes into circles, onions into rings. Fold the vegetables in one container, also salt and sprinkle with seasonings.
4. The baking dish should have a high rim. Pour oil and water into it, put meat, vegetables around.
5. Bake for 1-1.5 hours at 200 ° C, be sure to cover with a sheet of foil.

Ideal marinade for roasting lamb in the oven

On request "the ideal marinade for ram meat", the Internet gives out thousands of recipes, but each housewife considers her own to be the best. Therefore, only empirically can you get the ideal composition. And you can take this recipe as a basis.

Products:

• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Garlic - 1 head.
• Chili pepper - 2 small pods
• Zira - 1 tsp.
• Thyme, rosemary - ½ tsp each.
• Olive oil.
• Soy sauce.

Technology:

1. Peel and rinse the onion and garlic, cut the first into small cubes, and pass the second through a press. Cut the chili into small pieces.
2. Mix with salt, spices, olive oil and soy sauce.
3. In this marinade, soak the lamb for several hours before sending it to the oven.

Herbs and spices can help combat the lamb odor that not everyone likes. The oil will allow you to keep the meat juices inside when baking. Optionally, cut 2-3 tomatoes into the marinade.