Greek roast leg of lamb with preserved lemons

  • 1 leg of Lamb
  • fresh rosemary or thyme
  • sliced preserve lemons – washed 3- 4
  • cloves garlic
  • baking paper and string
  • salt and freshly ground pepper
  • extra virgin olive oil

Insert cloves of garlic into meat and coat top of joint with fresh herbs.

Pour a little olive oil over meat

Cover top and bottom with sliced preserved lemons

Wrap well in baking paper so it forms a closed parcel and tie with string all over to secure

Bake for 3 hours in a 150c so that the meat falls off the bone.

Serve hot with Lemon Oven bag potatoes.