French Roast Lamb

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 800 g loin lamb, on the bone
• 2 teaspoons butter or 2 teaspoons margarine
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 4 teaspoons whole grain french mustard
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
• 1 tablespoon chopped thyme
• 1 egg
• black pepper, freshly ground
• fresh rosemary (for garnishing)

Recipe

• 1 trim all excess fat from the lamb.
• 2 (leave some fat on to protect the meat while cooking) heat the butter in a small pan, add the onion and fry gently until soft.
• 3 remove from the heat and stir in the mustard and chopped herbs.
• 4 whisk egg until stiff.
• 5 add the mustard and herb mixture and fold together until combined.
• 6 place lamb on a rack in a roasting pan, and grind over with black pepper.
• 7 spread the egg- mixture evenly over the top surface of the lamb.
• 8 roast the lamb for 50 minutes if you want it to be rare, 1 hour if you want it to be medium, or an hour and 10 minutes if you want it well done.
• 9 place lamb on a serving plate and leave to rest for 5 minutes.
• 10 garnish with srigs of rosemary and thyme and slice down between the bones to serve.