Lovely Roast Lamb

Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• Fresh whole leg of lamb

• 1 kg pack baby new potatoes

• 2 lemons

• 1 garlic bulb

• 20g pack fresh rosemary

• Redcurrant jelly to serve

Method

1.Preheat the oven to 240C, fan 220C, gas 9.

2.Par-boil a pack of baby new potatoes then place them in a roasting tray. Cut 2 lemons in half and add them to the roasting tray.

3.Make small incisions along the top of the leg of lamb and insert pieces of garlic, peeled and sliced, and small sprigs of rosemary, then place on top of the potatoes and lemons in the roasting tray. Drizzle olive oil over and season with a good pinch of salt and freshly ground

black pepper.

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4.Reduce the oven temperature to 200C, fan 180C, gas 6 and roast for 45 minutes per kg for rare meat. Once cooked, allow the lamb to rest, then squeeze the lemons over the lamb and potatoes. Carve, then serve with the delicious zesty resting juices and some redcurrant jelly