Prep Time: 3 HOURS + 10 MINUTES
Serves: 6-8
Cook Time: 1 HOUR + 20 MINUTES
Ingredients
- 8 cloves garlic (minced)
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 cup mint (chopped)
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 3 cups Stonyfield Organic Whole Milk Plain Yogurt
- 4 lbs boneless leg of lamb
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a bowl combine garlic, yogurt, mint, lemon zest and juice, vinegar, salt and pepper.
- Divide marinade in half.
- Place one half in a large freezer bag.
- Leave the remaining half in bowl, cover and refrigerate.
- Place boneless leg of lamb into freezer bag with yogurt mixture.
- Let sit in fridge for 3 hours, but not longer than 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 450°.
- Remove lamb from mixture and place in a roasting pan.
- Brush with remaining mixture from freezer bag.
- Sprinkle with salt and generous amount of pepper.
- Roast 20 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350°.
- Continue roasting until thermometer inserted into thickest part of lamb registers 130° (about 1 hour), baste occasionally with drippings.
- Cool 20 minutes.
- Serve with reserved sauce.
- Garnish Roasted Leg of Lamb with Yogurt Mint Marinade with mint leaves.

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