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Pancetta Wrapped Lamb

Recipe

Serves:  6 people | Prep time:  5 minutes | Cooking time:  150 minutes

Italian | Dairy Free | Main

Ingredients

  • 1 x Leg of Lamb
  • 1 x 80g pack Smoked Pancetta
  • 60g Pesto
  • 6 x Sprigs of Rosemary
  • 2 x Garlic Bulbs
  • 500ml Water
  • 1 x Vegetable Stock Cube
  • Sea Salt and Black Pepper

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 190c/375f/gas 4.
  2. Cut the bulbs of garlic into halves. Pull a few cloves off one of the halves and peel.
  3. Rub the pesto over the lamb and season with some salt and pepper.
  4. Cover the lamb with the strips of pancetta and cut 6 slashes through into the lamb. Stuff the slashes with the garlic cloves and sprigs of rosemary.  
  5. Put the lamb in a roasting tray and add the remaing garlic around it.  
  6. Dissolve the stock cube in the water and pour around the lamb.
  7. Cover the lamb loosely with some tin foil and roast for 2 hours. After the 2 hours, remove the tin foil and roast for a further 30 mins.
  8. Allow the lamb to rest covered for 30 mins before carving.
  9. Use any juices to make some gravy.