Lamb with potatoes in the oven (Arnaki me patates sto fourno)
Ingredients
- lamb: 1½ kg (2 legs with the bone)
- garlic: 4 cloves
- olive oil: ½ cup
- potatoes: 1 kg, cut into large pieces
- onion: 1, sliced
- lemons: juice from 2 lemons
- mustard: 1 tablespoon
- oregano: 1 teaspoon
- vegetable stock cube: 1
- kefalograviera cheese: 250g, cut into cubes
- parsley: 2 tablespoons
- salt
- pepper freshly ground
Directions
Peel the garlic cloves, cut in half and remove the green sprout in the middle. Chop 2 garlic cloves and keep them apart. Salt and pepper the remaining 2 garlic cloves. Pierce the meat with a sharp knife and place half a clove in each slit.
Put the meat in a roasting tin with a bit of oil and place the potatoes around. Put the sliced onion in the gaps and add salt and pepper. In a blender beat the remaining oil with lemon juice, mustard, oregano, the finely chopped garlic and the vegetable stock cube dissolved in a ½ cup of hot water. Pour this over the meat and potatoes.
Cover the roasting tin with foil and roast at 180-200οC for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Remove the foil and sprinkle the cubes of cheese in the pan. Continue to cook for 10-15 minutes until both the lamb and cheese are brown. Sprinkle with the parsley and serve.
