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    Aromatic Lamb


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    List of Ingredients




    Aromatic Lamb

    1 Leg of lamb (about 4 lbs)
    3 lb Potatoes (about 5 oz each)
    1 Lemon
    Honey
    Olive oil
    Butter
    Rosemary, thyme & oregano

    Recipe




    Put the leg of lamb into a large roasting pan.

    Bruise the leaves of 2 or 3 sprigs of rosemary and sprinkle them over the meat. Add plenty of pepper and 1 tablespoon honey. Rub the mixture into the meat with your hands, then rub half a lemon over the joint, squeezing the juice onto the meat as you do so. Do not add any salt. Leave to marinate for 4 to 24 hours.

    Peel and quarter the potatoes, then arrange them in a single layer around the lamb.

    Squeeze lemon juice over the potatoes -- use at least half a lemon, or up to one and a half lemons for a strong citrus flavor. Carefully pour 1/4 pint water into a corner of the roasting pan, then sprinkle about 2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary, at least 1 teaspoon fresh chopped thyme and at least 1 teaspoon oregano, and some salt and pepper over the potatoes and lamb. Drizzle on 1 1/2 teaspoons honey and 1 tablespoon olive oil, then dot with 1 oz of butter.

    Bake at 425 F. for 1 to 1 1/4 hours.

    The ingredients will become gilded and will burnish to a rich brown in places. Lift the meat and turn the potatoes occasionally, and if necessary, add a little boiling water to the pan to prevent drying out.

 

 

 


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