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Quick roast lamb with salsa verde
Photo: Emiliano Vittoriosi

Quick roast lamb with salsa verde

12 ingredients Serves 6 openrecipes
Quick roast lamb with salsa verde

A butterflied leg of lamb will cook more quickly - serve with an Italian green sauce of basil, parsley, anchovies and capers

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

474
Calories
28g
Protein
35g
Fat
15g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Lamb 100g cooked 294
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Capers 1 tbsp (9g) drained 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Seed not in our table 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

  • 1 tbsp fennel seeds , lightly crushed
  • 1 lemon , juiced
  • extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1.6kg leg of lamb , boned and butterflied (ask your butcher to do this)
  • 1 shallot , roughly chopped
  • 4 anchovies in olive oil, drained
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 lemon , zested and juiced
  • 2 tbsp capers
  • a small bunch parsley , roughly chopped
  • a small bunch basil , roughly chopped
  • extra-virgin olive oil

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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