Concerns about lamb at Christmas?

[MrsClaus2019]

No-one likes Turkey and for the past few years I've done organic chicken and guinea fowl but want a change. What would you think of slow roast leg of lamb cooked with sloe gin, with plenty of garlic and rosemary etc? Hopefully it would be sticky on the outside and fall way from the bone.

(I'm aware it would have to be NZ lamb at that time of year and therefore a bit of a carbon footprint but as we are veggies 5 days out of 7 I think we can justify a festive treat.)

So environmental concerns aside, I like the sound of it but not sure if it's too unChristmassy or if it could be served with Christmassy trimmings like pigs in blankets?? Opinions please :-)

Go for it! (And I'm obviously biased, but I'd be having NZ lamb, lol).

British lamb is available all year round and thank you for recipe

Sounds lovely.
You can get uk lamb at the moment from many butchers and small/local suppliers and direct from farmers though and freeze until Christmas (as previous poster suggested), so don’t have to buy NZ lamb.

We tend to have lamb or beef for Christmas as none of us like turkey.

Butchers sell British lamb all year. No need to buy lamb from NZ. I second the pp with the mutton suggestion too - yum!.

Sounds delicious - we never have turkey.

Why are you buying nz lamb? Farmers are sending lamb to factories at this time of the year.
Im in Ireland, there's no way I'd eat nz lamb, but then my dp is a farmer.

No need to buy NZ lamb, UK lamb is in season!

I'm aware it would have to be NZ lamb at that time of year

It absolutely wouldn't. Lamb from the hill farms of England Scotland and Wales is bang in season at the moment. It's a myth that British lamb is in season in spring, it's proper season is actually autumn.

Your recipe sounds absolutely delicious.