Braised leg of lamb with chickpeas and spices

Of the many ethnic cuisines to be found in Soho, that of North Africa is one of the least well represented. One mediocre couscous house does not a souk make. There is, however, a very real connection in my work, because my supplier of dry goods for the last twenty years is a small company run by a complete madman called George de Bono. Of Italian descent, but raised in a colonial family in Libya, items like couscous, harissa and pickled lemons have always been stocked by him. I don’t want t