I’ve been looking forward to today, I thought I might have a bit of a mundane adventure! I bought a leg of lamb yesterday and decided to do a Sunday roast. Months ago i saw a cooking show on tv that featured a great Roast Lamb recipe. I searched the internet for it, but nothing came up, so I decided to try it from memory.

I rubbed the leg with salt and pepper, and then with rosemary and garlic. I stabbed little holes into the leg and pushed rosemary and garlic in. I sliced two onions into 1cm thick rings, and then did a couple of potatoes the same way. I lay the potato and onion slices on the bottom of the tray, then put the leg on top. I poured a cup of hot veg stock into the tray along with a bay leaf and a few sprigs of rosemary, and added an extra cup of hot water, since my tray is pretty big. I put the lot into the oven at 160C (or thereabouts) and then headed out for a bike ride!

I was planning to ride to Henley Square today, but didnt quite make it. The track along the Torrens is not as clear as the route I took to Glenelg, but it is a much nicer ride. It is also a much longer ride! The Torrens winds its way in a very indirect fashion, and with the time pressure of the roast in the oven in mind, i found the indirectness of it a bit frustrating. The headwind didnt help much either. But there are so many great spots along the way. Next time I go, I will make it a leisurely after-lunch trip. I got to the point where i could see the ocean and then stopped. I thought about how much time i could spend on this ride. I thought about Henley Square, which i hadnt seen in years. I thought about the latte i planned to have as i looked out over the beach. I thought about how tired my legs already were at this halfway point. I turned around, abandoning the Square and the latte to another day, but anticipating a tailwind, a cuppa tea at home and a not-overcooked roast. I struggled home even with the help from the breeze tho - riding to the Bay, sitting around for a few hours and then riding home again (which i plan to do again tomorrow: another Japanese lesson and hangout with Yuji) is quite a different kettle of fish to riding there and back all in one go. My knees were absolutely killing me by the time i got back.

I made a cuppa tea and pulled the roast out of the oven. It had been in there close to 2 hours. I sat it on a dish, covered it with foil and put it to the side. I turned over the veggies in the bottom of the tray and put it back into the oven at 200C for another 20 mins. I put some bread in for 10 mins to get crusty too, and then realising i had no other veggies prepared sauteed a bit of broccoli and tomato with a single thinly sliced kalamata olive. It was all delicious!

All I need now is a proper carving knife and fork so i can cut nice slices instead of straggly bits!

I think I will make this one again. It wasnt as tender as i had hoped, but the flavours were great. I will be eating roast lamb sandwiches with locally produced horseradish and an unusual peach, black olive and merlot relish for the rest of the week! Yum!!!

• Kristen said on 06/10/16 at 08:36 AM.....

  That looks delicious. Must have been “big meats” day yesterday; we grilled a chicken last night with a tarragon, thyme, lemon & honey glaze.

• sighmon said on 06/10/16 at 12:09 PM.....

  mouth….

  
  watering….

  
  wish….

  
  lunch….

  
  would….

  
  hurry….

  
  up….

  
  and….

  arrive….

   

• arumanda said on 06/10/16 at 09:57 PM.....

  a slab of roasted flesh.  yummo.  what a distant memory. i don’t miss it, but reading about it did indeed make my mouth water.  glad it turned out yummy.

• T said on 06/10/17 at 02:02 PM.....

  Oh to have a large oven!!!  We do OK with our little one but it is just not the same.

• Sar said on 06/10/17 at 05:00 PM.....

  oh Jster Jster Jster - you have fallen into biggest Blogging mistake- thinking people care what you had for dinner/lunch!  What were you thinking? (PS looks lovely)

• j-ster said on 06/10/17 at 05:15 PM.....

  This blog is dedicated to making as many of the blogging mistakes as possible. The top ten list is here:

  
  http://www.useit.com/alertbox/weblogs.html

  
  Wait til my future boss finds out what im gonna have for lunch tomorrow!!!

• arumanda said on 06/10/18 at 12:02 AM.....

  i just had a read through that link of worst blogging mistakes and i think i’ve made every one. that person is harsh with a capital H.

  i love posting and reading about food, especially when so much effort and a great story goes behind the food itself. keep on making those mistakes.

   

• j-ster said on 06/10/19 at 06:32 PM.....

  I love food blogs too. I betcha anything that few men scour the internet looking for ideas for dinner!

• Sar said on 06/10/20 at 09:53 AM.....

  I just read that Bloggin mistakes thing.  Who the flip wrote that?  Is he/she assuming that all us Bloggers are people lusting after trust and recognition?  Oh come stroke my ego.  The only one which made sense was the one about the employer - that is worth considering, but even so, as an employer if I read someone’s Blog and they had an ounce of character I would not reject them simply because they had written about their lunch.  Everyone has a past and a character right?  Any prospective employer with a bit of character themselves would recognise that.  I think this top ten was written by an MBA automaton for MBA automatons.  In my world, you write what you like, be a bit careful and delete what you are uncomfortable with.  TWADDLE!