Roasted lamb is a very typical recipe in several zones of Castile, like Burgos and Segovia. Lamb is also a traditional meal in the entire country during Christmas. Its tender and smooth meat is one of the attractions of this dish, even more so if it is a suckling lamb.

Ingredients

1 lamb
40 gr. of lard
2 garlic cloves
1 spoonful of vinegar
Hot water for the sauce
Parsley
Salt

Preparation

First the oven has to be pre-heated for about 10 minutes. Crush the garlic in a mortar, with the parsley, the salt and the lard. Grease the lamb with this paste, and place it on the grill to bake. Some wine can also be added to the sauce. The temperature of the oven has to be lowered to medium so that the lamb is not roasted too much. In addition, we must, once in a while, sprinkle the lamb with its own juice. When it gets brown, turn it over to roast the other side. It is very important to water the lamb with its own fat or the mixture that we have prepared. It is necessary to pay attention that the tray of the roasted lamb does not remain without any liquid. When the lamb is properly roasted, which takes between one and two hours, depending on the size, it has to settle about 10 minutes in the oven before being served.