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Roast leg of lamb with aubergines & onions
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Roast leg of lamb with aubergines & onions

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Roast leg of lamb with aubergines & onions

Most of us Brits are in love with good old roast lamb with all the trimmings – mint sauce, roast potatoes, you know the story! But life is too short to be eating the same thing all the time, so I wanted to show you a fantastic, classic Italian way of cooking lamb with aubergines. The lamb bit is dead simple; what I want you to concentrate on is the seasoning of the aubergines and you'll be laughing.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

742
Calories
58g
Protein
45g
Fat
27g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Lamb 100g cooked 294
Anchovy 100g 210
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Red Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Oregano 1 tsp dried (1.8g) 5
Rosemary 1 tsp dried (1.2g) 4
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 kg quality leg of lamb
  • olive oil
  • sea salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 3 round purple aubergines, or 4 normal ones
  • 3 red onions, peeled and each cut into about 6 wedges
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano
  • 1 bunch fresh rosemary, leaves picked
  • 2-3 cloves garlic, peeled and finely sliced
  • 1 large bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked, stalks chopped
  • olive oil
  • 2 x 400 g good-quality tinned plum tomatoes
  • sea salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • good-quality herb or red wine vinegar
  • 1 dried red chilli, crumbled
  • 3 good-quality anchovy fillets in oil, drained
  • good-quality extra virgin olive oil

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By jamieoliver · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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