Lamb baked in hay

Method

1. Set the oven to 220/gas 8. Take a large deep roasting tray, and line the base with hay to around 5cm thick.

2. Cut 4 deep slits randomly into the lamb and take 4 of the peeled garlic cloves and insert them deep into the lamb.

3. Put the lemon zest and flesh, the rosemary, sea salt, remaining garlic and butter into a food processor and blend into a paste. Rub the paste all over the lamb and then grind over some cracked black pepper.

4. Lay the leg onto the hay, and cover with the rest of the hay.

5. Place a lid on top of the roasting tray (or cover well twice with foil if you have no lid.) It must be completely sealed.

6. Bake for about 2 hours and 30 minutes, depending on the size of the leg.

7. Remove from oven and leave to rest for 20 minutes.

8. Take off the lid or foil, scrape away the hay and carve the lamb leg.

9. Serve with puréed butter beans.

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Ingredients

3 handfuls hay, soaked
1 leg of lamb
6 garlic cloves, peeled
1 lemon, zest and flesh
8 sprigs Rosemary
100g sea salt
120g unsalted Butter
1 pinch cracked black pepper

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