Ingredients

Method

• 2–2.5 kg leg of lamb
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• olive oil, for drizzling
• 1–2 t dried origanum (or a handful of fresh oregano)
• 2 head garlic, halved horizontally
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• For the tahini sauce, mix:
• 200 g Woolworths tahini
• 1 lemon, zested and juiced
• 1–2 cloves garlic, grated
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• For the minted yoghurt:
• 500 g organic double-cream yoghurt
• 80 g fresh mint
• sea salt, to taste

Method

Ingredients

1. Preheat the oven to 120°C. Place a large sheet of baking paper in a heavy casserole dish. Add the lamb, season and drizzle with olive oil. Add the herbs and tuck the garlic and onion under the lamb. Wrap up in the paper. Cover with the lid and roast for 5–6 hours, or until soft enough to pull apart with a spoon. Serve hot with the pan juices, tahini sauce and minted yoghurt.

2. To make the tahini sauce, mix the tahini, lemon zest and juice. Thin down with enough lukewarm water to make the consistency of a good home-made mayonnaise. Season to taste.

3. To make the minted yoghurt, wash and dry the mint well. Strip the leaves, chop finely and mix with the yoghurt. Add salt to taste.

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Photographs: Toby Murphy
Production: Brita Du Plessis
Food assistant: Sophia-Maria Eygelaar