Episode 1 - Claire's Roast Lamb

Roast Lamb

Ingredients:

• 1 Leg of lamb pepper 1.5kg, boned out - Waewae reme
• 8 small peruperu (Māori purple potatoes)
• 1 big Kumara 
• 2 Carrots - Kareti                 
• ½ tbsp Garlic - Kāriki                        
•  ½ tbsp Rosemary - Rohimere               
• ½ tbsp Parsley - Parehi            
• ½ tbsp Coriander - Koriana                          
•  Salt and pepper - Tote pepa pango           
• 75ml Olive oil - Hinu oriwa                          
• ½ tbsp Kawakawa
• 1/2 Lemon zest - Hā rēmana 

Method:

1. Bone out Lamb leg, rub oil and the herbs over the meat. Marinate overnight in the fridge in a covered dish. 
2. To cook, allow the meat to come up to room temperature, season with salt and pepper.
3. Put a little oil into a pan then sear all sides of the lamb.  
4. Put into roasting dish and roast in oven at 180°C for 35 – 45mins. 
5. Once cooked, rest for 10mins, then serve with roast potatoes, pumpkin and kumara with horopito to season.

Serves 4