Pot Roast Lamb

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 800 g leg of lamb
• 225 g onions, peeled and cut into rings
• 2 celery ribs, cut into 2 . 5 cm/1 inch pieces
• 350 g carrots, peeled and sliced
• 450 g new potatoes
• 1 garlic clove
• 4 slices rindless streaky bacon
• 10 rosemary sprigs
• 325 g italian tomato sauce with herbs
• 150 ml red wine
• salt and black pepper
• 1 tablespoon chopped mint
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 190c/375f/gas5. put lamb joint in centre of a alrge roasting dish. surround with onions, celery, carrots and potatoes. peel garlic and cut in half. rub cut surfaces of garlic all over lamb.
• 2 stretch bacon rashers over lamb, securing with cocktail sticks. using a skewer, make holes evenly over lamb and insert a rosemary sprig in each hole.
• 3 mix together pasta sauce and wine in a jub. season and pour over vegetables around meat. sprinkle herbs over vegetables.
• 4 cover with foil. roast for 2 hours. remove foil. roast for 20 minutes until the gravy thickens. remove cocktail sticks. serve.