Easter lamb

Nutritional Information - Amount per serving:

Calories939kcal

Carbs21.2g

Sugar4.8g

Fat62.9g

Saturates21.1g

Protein69.5g

Ingredients

1 quality leg of lamb, about 2kg

sea salt

freshly ground black pepper

1 large bunch fresh mint, leaves picked

1 clove garlic, peeled

125 ml olive oil

250 ml organic chicken stock

600 g new potatoes, sliced thickly

100 g baby fennel, trimmed and cut in half lengthways

225 g baby carrots, tops trimmed

100 g baby leeks, trimmed

200 g courgettes, sliced lengthways

250 g fine or yellow beans, trimmed

150 g asparagus, trimmed to 6cm lengths

Method

Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/gas 7.

Score the lamb all over and season. Using a pestle and mortar, or in a food processor, pound or blend the mint leaves with the garlic and seasoning until smooth. Slowly add the olive oil to your mixture then brush all over the lamb. Roast in the oven for 1½ hours, brushing with the seasoned oil regularly until the lamb is cooked.

While the meat is resting, remove the fat from the roasting tin. Add the stock to the tin and make a light, tasty broth by boiling and dissolving all the goodness at the bottom.

Cook the potatoes in a large pan of boiling, salted water for 5 minutes. Add the fennel and carrots and cook for a further 5 minutes. Then add the rest of the vegetables and simmer for another 5 minutes.

Carve your lamb then serve the vegetables in a shallow bowl with the lamb on top and a little broth and mint oil drizzled over.

by Jamie Oliver