Traditional Aussie Lamb

==Description==
===Ingredients===
*2 kg (4½ lb) leg of Lamb
*2 cloves Garlic, chopped
*fresh Rosemary sprigs
*2 tablespoons oil
*salt, Pepper
*4 large Potatoes
*8 pieces of Pumpkin
*2 Leeks, cut in half
*4 Bacon rashers, crisply fried
*60 g (2 oz) Butter
*3 tablespoons oil
*salt, Thyme
*2 tablespoons plain flour
*2¼ cups Beef stock
*2 teaspoons Worcestershire Sauce
*2 tablespoons Red Wine
===Directions===
* Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). 
* Cut small slits all over the skin of the leg of Lamb. 
* Insert garlic pieces and rosemary sprigs. 
* Brush Lamb with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. 
* Fill a baking dish halfway with water and place a wire rack on top and then put the Lamb on the dish. 
* Roast for about 1½ hours or until cooked as desired, basting often with the pan juices.
* Peel potatoes, cut in half and score them with a fork. 
* Combine butter, oil, salt and thyme.
* Toss potatoes in the mixture. 
* Take potatoes out and keep mixture for later. 
* Place potatoes around the leg of Lamb after the Lamb has been cooking for about 40 minutes. 
* Roast for 50 minutes, brushing halfway through with a little of the butter mixture.
* Toss pumpkin pieces in the mixture and place next to the roast after it has been cooking for 50 minutes. 
* Wrap 1 Bacon rasher around each half of leek. 
* Place leeks next to pumpkins after roast has been baking for 70 minutes.
* When everything is done, take the rack off the baking dish and place the rack on an oven proof tray. 
* Return to oven to keep warm.
GRAVY
* Place the baking dish with the juices from the meat on the stove top.
* Discard all but 3 tablespoons of the juices. 
* Heat the dish, stir in the flour and cook until brown. 
* Gradually add beef stock, worcestershire sauce and wine. 
* Stir until the mixture boils and thickens, then simmer for 2 minutes.
* Slice the meat and arrange everything on plates. 
* Pour the gravy over the meat.
* Serves 4
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==See also==
Category: Australian Meat Dishes
Category: Meat Dishes
Category: Recipes
Category:Beef Recipes
Category:Australian Recipes
Category:rosemary Recipes
Category:thyme Recipes
category:flour Recipes
category:beef stock Recipes
category:rosemary Recipes
category:pumpkin Recipes
category:butter Recipes
category:pepper Recipes
category:garlic Recipes
category:Bacon Recipes
category:thyme Recipes
category:water Recipes
category:Lamb Recipes
category:Beef Recipes
category:salt Recipes
category:leek Recipes
category:oil Recipes
category:worcestershire sauce Recipes
category:red wine Recipes
category:Potato Recipes
category:meat Recipes