Jambon de Mouton

• 3 kg/6½ lb leg of lamb
• 20 g/¾

Trim the lamb of any fat and press firmly to squeeze out the blood.

Mix together the saltpetre if you are using it, salt, sugar and pepper. Take a cloth large enough to enclose the leg of lamb and sprinkle the mixture evenly over the cloth. Put the lamb in the middle of the cloth and fold over the four corners so that the salt mixture covers the leg completely.

Put half the wood