Slow Cooked Portuguese Lamb

Total Time: 4 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 leg of lamb
• 1/2 liter red
• 1 liter tomato juice
• 400 g peeled canned tomatoes
• 10 spring onions, trimmed
• 2 onions, chopped
• 10 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
• salt and pepper
• 400 g canned chick-peas
• 400 g canned butter beans

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 150°c.
• 2 trim all the fat off the leg of lamb.
• 3 put the lamb into a casserole dish with the red , tomato juice, peeled tomatoes, spring onions, onions, garlic, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper.
• 4 cover and heat in oven for 4 hours.
• 5 after 4 hours add the chick peas and butter beans.
• 6 increase the heat to 200°c and cook uncovered for another hour.