Greek Style Roast Lamb

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 kg leg of lamb
• 1 lemon, halved
• 2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 6 brushed potatoes, peeled and cut into thirds
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 bunch baby carrots

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 220c.
• 2 place lamb in a large baking dish.
• 3 use a sharp knife to make 10 x 4cm incisions in lamb.
• 4 juice 1 lemon half.
• 5 combine with 1 tablespoon oil, garlic, salt and pepper.
• 6 cut remaining lemon into 10 small pieces.
• 7 push lemon pieces into incisions.
• 8 brush lamb with oil mixture and roast for 15 minutes.
• 9 in remaining oil, toss potatoes, oregano, salt and pepper.
• 10 arrange potatoes around lamb.
• 11 return to oven and roast for 40 minutes.
• 12 add carrots to roasting pan with lamb and potatoes.
• 13 roast a further 20 minutes.
• 14 remove lamb from oven.
• 15 increase oven temperature to 230c cook potatoes and carrots a further 15 minutes or until crisp.
• 16 cover lamb loosely with foil and rest for 15 minutes.
• 17 carve lamb.
• 18 serve with potatoes and carrots.