Roast Leg of Lamb

With the introduction of potatoes, daily meals changed to become ‘meat with two veg’, and long may this continue. It makes for a great Sunday lunch, with a gathering of family and friends enjoying very simple foods. Lamb wasn’t part of this tradition until well into the eighteenth century, as sheep were valued primarily for their wool, and it was only occasionally therefore that young sheep, or lamb, was available.

So this is a recipe for a simple leg of lamb with no other flavourin