Pin the doneness and method you just left against the pick on this cut’s sheet. Last-versus-now stays on this device — teaching temperatures, not a diagnosis.
Not medical advice, a food-safety certificate or a guarantee. Use the published sheet temps and your own thermometer.
Last cook—
This cook—
Cook sequence from this cut sheet
Follow published Leg — teaching, not a thermometer app.
Name the cut — Confirm Leg on the sheet.
Pick doneness — Target Medium rare ~57°C.
Pair first method — Lead with Roasting.
Keep safety note — A probe in the thickest part beats the clock. Tent with foil while resting.
Last-vs-now is a pin — Cook-pair is a bookmark, not a certificate.
Leg: Medium rare (57°C) via Roasting.
Editorial butchery teaching only. Not HACCP or medical advice.
Substitute cut and safety stop
After the cook sequence for Leg, a second sheet pass: published swap cut plus the safety line already on this page.
Name the printed substitute — If Leg is missing at the counter, the sheet points to related cut Loin — same atlas, not inventing a new primal.
Check shared method fit — Prefer a published method that still fits the substitute; lead method on this sheet is Roasting.
Hard stop on safety — A probe in the thickest part beats the clock. Tent with foil while resting.
Keep cook-pair as a pin — Saving a cook-pair bookmarks this sheet; it is not a food-safety certificate.
Leg → swap toward Loin; stop on the printed safety line before plating.
Editorial butchery teaching only. Not HACCP or medical advice.
Cook, swap, or skip
Kitchen teaching. Not a food-safety certificate.
Doneness and method on this cut
What temperature does this page recommend for this cut?
The cut sheet already prints 58–62°C (Rest 15 min) for Leg. That is the published recommendation on this page, not a live thermometer reading.
Which cooking method fits this cut?
This sheet lists Roasting · Barbecue · Grilling with fitness scores. Pair one of those methods with a doneness from the published scale (Blue 46 C through Well done 77 C). The cook-pair block pins last versus now — teaching, not a diagnosis.
Can I serve this cut pink?
Follow the sheet note already on this page: A probe in the thickest part beats the clock. Tent with foil while resting. Connective-tissue cuts ask for time; tender steaks ask for a rest after the published temp. The safety note at the bottom still applies.
Is the doneness scale a food-safety certificate?
No. The pair tool and the recommended temp are teaching numbers from this atlas. Use the printed sheet and your own thermometer. This page is not a medical or hygiene certificate.
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The largest roasting joint: leaner than shoulder, with a cleaner slice when cooked to medium. Bone-in for flavour, boneless butterfly for the grill. This is the Easter and Eid centrepiece in much of the world.
Profile
Tenderness55
Marbling35
Umami70
Price50
Pairs with
Roasting94
Barbecue82
Grilling70
Recommended cooking
58–62°CRest 15 min
A probe in the thickest part beats the clock. Tent with foil while resting.
How to pick it
Aitchbone removed makes carving trivial; ask the butcher to tunnel-bone it.
