Bonus Recipe - How to Roast a Leg of Lamb in a Wood Fired Pizza Oven

Roast Leg of Lamb in a Wood Fired Pizza Oven Recipe

A roast leg of lamb in a wood fired pizza oven is to die for. Similar to cooking in a regular kitchen oven, the smoke from the wood brings out the lamb's natural flavours. Despite what you may think, using a wood-fired pizza oven for cooking is not as difficult as you might imagine. To make a fire, you typically need three pieces of red gum wood, some kindling, and a match. As soon as your oven is good and hot, let the fire continue to burn. If your wood-fired oven has a temperature gauge built into it, it will be simpler to tell when the oven is at the right temperature. If it doesn't, you can purchase a free-standing gauge to place inside your oven.

 

So to start here are the ingredients you need:

 

1. Wood fired pizza oven or a normal oven 
2. 2 kg leg of lamb
3. 3 cloves of garlic – cut in half
4. Rosemary – 2-3 sprigs – remove from the stalk
5. A quarter cup of virgin olive oil
6. Baby potatoes – depends on how many people you invite
7. 2 cups of peas
8. 2 tablespoons of butter
9. Sea salt
10. Black pepper

 

Mint Sauce – Jamie Oliver’s recipe
4 tablespoons of fresh chopped mint

1. 1 teaspoon of sugar
2. 2 pinches of salt
3. 1 tablespoon of hot water
4. 3 tablespoons of wine vinegar

Now to really get started

• Heat your regular oven or wood-fired pizza oven to 200°C.
• Make large slits in the lamb.
• then press garlic into the slits, then. Make sure they go in deep
• In a bowl, combine the rosemary, olive oil, salt, and pepper.
• Put the lamb leg in a tray and cover with the mixture from the bowl.
• 15 minutes in the oven with the lamb tray. Then take out.
• Place the lamb around the baby potatoes and return to the oven for a further hour, or until the meat is cooked to your preference.
• The lamb leg should be taken out, placed on a dish, and covered with foil.

 

 Buon appetite!

 

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by: Rhiannon Peterson