Lemon juice makes stuffed legs soft and pleasantly sour. If you don't like sour in principle, you can compensate by adding honey or sugar to the recipe. Very well stuffed legs in lemon juice are good for a picnic.
It is necessary
- - spices - to taste;
- - pepper;
- - salt - 2 tsp;
- - garlic - 2 cloves;
- - vegetable oil - 8 tablespoons;
- - sugar or honey - 2 tablespoons;
- - mustard - 1 tsp;
- - lemon - 3 pcs;
- - lard or butter - 150 g;
- - legs - 6 pcs.
Instructions
Step 1
Grasp the protruding joint on the leg with one hand. With the other hand, use a knife to carefully separate the meat in a circle from the bone. In this case, the meat will turn inside, like a stocking, inside the skin.
Step 2
When all the bone is free and the skin attached to the bottom remains, make an incision around it, and completely separate the meat from the bone. Turn the whole leg skin out.
Step 3
Crush a clove of garlic, mix it with spices, pepper, a teaspoon of salt. Slice the lard or butter into long, thin sticks. In this case, the length of the bars should be slightly less than the length of the legs.
Step 4
Dip the bars in the garlic mixture and insert them into the bone, inside the thighs. You can not use lard or oil at all, but rub the prepared garlic mixture inside the legs.
Step 5
Fasten the holes with wooden skewers. Cut half the lemon into thin slices. Squeeze the juice out of the leftover lemon and remove all the seeds.
Step 6
Pour spices, pepper, salt into lemon juice, add mustard, oil and a clove of garlic pressed through a press. Mix the whole mass well.
Step 7
Dip each leg into the created marinade, place in some kind of non-oxidizing dish. Transfer the layers of legs with lemon wedges. Pour the remaining marinade on top. Place the meat in the refrigerator and stand for 6-12 hours.
Step 8
Grease a deep baking sheet with vegetable oil, place the legs on the surface. Save the marinade, do not pour it out. Preheat oven to 220oC, roast meat for 50 minutes, until tender. Check every 10 minutes what happens to the stuffed legs, how they bake. If the top crust dries up, pour over the marinade you left behind.
Step 9
If there is a lot of liquid in the baking sheet when baking, the bottom of the legs will be cooked, not baked. In this case, the legs should be turned upside down to form a fried crust. Then turn over again and continue to bake until ready.
Step 10
Determine the readiness of the stuffed legs in lemon juice by puncturing the surface of the meat with a knife. If liquid oozes, leave it in the oven for another 10 minutes. Next, make another readiness check.
