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Baked lamb with herbs and peppers
Serves 4-5
Preparation time
30 mins to 1 hour
Cooking time
over 2 hours
Ingredients
1 lamb shoulder, boned but with the knuckle left in bunch of rosemary, oregano, thyme, marjoram 2 bulbs fat garlic olive oil sea salt black peppercorns 2 red peppers, sliced new potatoes carrots parsnips more garlic 2 lemons 30g/1oz flour 30g/1oz butter red wine, to taste
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7. 2. Pound all the herbs, garlic and a few drops of olive oil into a mortar until you have a coarse paste, then add salt and peppercorns. 3. Lay the lamb skin side down. Slash the meat deeply with a sharp knife. Rub the herb paste into the cuts then lay the peppers on top. Roll the lamb up and tie with two or three pieces of cotton string (you don' t have to do this). Rub any remaining paste on the outside. Roll into 3 or 4 layers of foil and bake for 1½ hours 4. After 30 minutes cooking, put the potatoes in. Lay a big sheet of foil down and place the new potatoes, parsnips, carrots, garlic, olive oil, lemon slices and any herbs left. Season well and seal up. Bake with the lamb for 1 hour. 5. Make the gravy mix the foil bag juices from the lamb with some flour and butter, add a little red wine, then whisk. Serve.
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