Roast Leg Of Lamb - Aussie Style.

Total Time: 4 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 leg of lamb (at least 1 kilo and upto 2.5 kilos)
• 3 cloves fresh garlic
• 4 sprigs fresh rosemary
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat your oven as high as it will go while you prepare the lamb.
• 2 rub the oil all over the leg - top and bottom in a good sized baking tray.
• 3 cut each garlic clove into 6ths. use a paring knife, cut small incisions all ove the lamb and carefully push a garlic into each hole.
• 4 remove the rosemary from the sprigs and sprinkle all over the lamb. finally sprinkle the salt on top.
• 5 place into your hot oven and turn down to 220oc for 30 minutes.
• 6 turn the heat down and bake at 160oc for 4 hours. if you choose to add veggies, do it during hour 2 - that gives them 2 hours to cook. carefully pour the lamb fat over your veggies to make them crispy and taste amazing.
• 7 strain the fat and juices off. reserve the pan juices (not the fat) to make lamb gravy.
• 8 serve roast lamb with roast veggies, gravy, mint sauce and a slice of bread with butter (to mop it all up with).
• 9 veggies to add in hour 2: little onions, carrots, potatoes, sweet potato, pumpkin and parsnip.