Serves: 8
Total Calories: 26

1 leg of lamb (about 2 1/4 pounds)
2 cloves garlic cut into pieces
salt and pepper
2 tablespoons butter

Wash leg of lamb and remove the find skin that covers it. Brown leg of lamb on top of the stove in a hot pan with a little cooking oil. With a knife make some small slits, and into each put a small piece of garlic. Melt butter and pour over leg of lamb and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Put the leg of lamb on a rack in a roasting pan.

Place the leg of lamb in a preheated 425 degree oven.

After roasting for 30 minutes reduce heat to 350 degrees. Add 1 cup of water to the bottom of the roasting pan and continue cooking. Let cook about 40 minutes, check to see if it is ready by puncturing with a fork. Clear juice should escape.

Let the leg rest for 5 minutes before carving.

Cut meat in slices and serve with juice remaining in roasting pan and white beans.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 8
Total Calories: 26
Calories from Fat: 25

More Recipes from the A Taste of Brazil Cookbook:
Lamb on a Spit Gaucho Style (Carneiro à gaúcha)
Brazilian Roast Leg of Lamb (Pernil de carneiro)
Grilled Lamb Steak with Garlic (Costela de carneiro)
Leg of Lamb with Garlic Butter (Pernil de carneiro com alho)