Lamb roast with pine nuts and rosemary
1.5kg lamb roast, shank end
6 cloves garlic
½ cup fresh rosemary leaves
¼ cup roasted pine nuts
2 tablespoons avocado oil
½ teaspoon iodised salt
Freshly ground black pepper
600g pumpkin
2 red peppers
2 tablespoons red pepper relish
1 cup vegetable stock 1 cup water P
lace lamb on a board and make four slashes, each 2cm deep, across the top of the lamb. Crush garlic, peel and chop finely. Chop rosemary leaves and pine nuts roughly. Mix garlic, rosemary, pine nuts, avocado oil, salt and pepper together. Push garlic mixture into cuts. Place lamb in a baking dish. Bake at 180 degrees C for 40 minutes. Peel pumpkin and cut into 4cm pieces. Cut peppers in half, remove seeds and cut into quarters. Place pumpkin and pepper pieces around roast and cook a further 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Remove meat and vegetables to an ovenproof dish and rest for 10 minutes. Place roasting dish on the element. Add red pepper relish, stock and water. Bring to the boil and stir constantly until reduced by half. Slice lamb and serve with vegetables and sauce.
Serves 6
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