Butterfied Leg Of Lamb With Ginger - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 lbs leg of lamb, fat trimmed and deboned (weight after bone is removed)
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh ginger
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 teaspoons low sodium soy sauce (regular is too salty)
1/4 teaspoon dark sesame oil
1 teaspoon rice vinegar or 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
1/3 cup mirin or 1/3 cup sweet sherry
pepper
DIPPING SAUCE
1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons mirin or 2 tablespoons sweet sherry
1 teaspoon roasted sesame seeds
2 teaspoons rice vinegar or 2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar
1 green onion, chopped
1 small carrot, peeled and very thinly sliced
2 tablespoons fresh ginger, grated
1/2 cup beef or 1/2 cup chicken stock

Preparation

Score the surface of the lamb, place in a shallow dish.
Mix garlic.
ginger, soy sauce,sesame oil, vinegar mirin and white pepper.
Pour marinade over the lamb cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours to overnight Heat oven to 450 degrees F.
Put lamb in a roasting pan, reserve the marinade.
roast 15 minutes.
Lower temp to 325F and continue roasting the lamb basting with the reserved marinade.
Roast to your preferred pink or well done about a total of 50 minutes (140F internal temp) Let the lamb rest before serving.
Meanwhile mix the dipping sauce, serve along side slices of lamb at room temp.