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Fennel-Rubbed Leg of Lamb with Carrots and Salsa Verde

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Photo by Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott

If you want to stuff the roast as pictured, ask your butcher for a butterflied leg, not tied. Double the ingredients for the rub recipe and smear half onto lamb, then roll and tie it, and smear with the rest of the rub before roasting.

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