Roast Leg of Welsh Lamb

Method

• step 1

  Weigh joint and calculate cooking time. Line a roasting pan with 2 sheets of foil & place the lamb leg onto the foil. Mix together the gin & cranberry jelly and spoon this over the lamb. Scrunch the foil around the joint, but leave the top exposed.

• step 2

  Baste occasionally during cooking.

• step 3

  Cut the onions in half horizontally (stalk at top) and using a spoon scoop out some of the layers leaving 2-3 in the shell.

• step 4

  Roughly chop the removed onion. In a pan heat butter and lightly fry onion.

• step 5

  Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly. Add the rosemary and sausage meat and combine together.

• step 6

  Take a handful of mixture and stuff into onion shells. Prop up around the joint, drizzle with a little olive oil and cook for 40-50 minutes until onion soft and fully golden. Rest the joint for about 15 minutes.

• step 7

  Serve with roasted potatoes, baked onions, seasonal vegetables and cranberry gin meat juices.