- 2 large potatoes
- 2 garlic cloves
- A handful of rosemary, leaves only
- 2 lamb leg steaks
- 2 carrots
- 200g purple sprouting broccoli
- 1 vegetable stock cube
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 11/2 tbsp olive oil
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
- 300ml boiling water
- Large roasting tin
- Large pan with a lid
- Colander
- Dish
- Frying or griddle pan
- Foil
- 1.
Heat your oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Drizzle 1 tbsp olive oil into a roasting tin and put it in the oven to heat up.
- 2.
Peel and crush or grate the garlic. Finely chop the rosemary leaves. Put both in a dish with ½ tbsp oil. Season with salt and pepper. Add the lamb leg steaks. Turn to coat in the garlicky oil and leave to marinate.
- 3.
Scrub the potatoes and chop into bite-sized pieces. Add them to the hot roasting tin. Toss a few times to coat in the oil. Roast in the oven for 10 mins.
- 4.
While the potatoes roast, scrub and quarter the carrots. After 10 mins, add the carrots to the roasting tin. Toss together and roast for a further 25 mins.
- 5.
While the veg roast, trim 1 cm off the ends of the purple sprouting broccoli spears. After 25 mins, add the broccoli to the roasting tin. Toss everything together, Roast for 10-15 mins, so the potatoes are golden and tender, and the broccoli and carrots are a little charred.
- 6.
Heat a griddle or frying pan. When it’s smoking hot, add the lamb leg steaks. Fry for 4-5 mins, then turn over and fry for 4-5 more mins (this is for pinkish meat. If you prefer well done, cook for another 2 mins more on each side). Pop the lamb steaks on a warm plate. Loosely cover with foil and leave to rest.
- 7.
Turn the heat down under the frying pan. Make sure any oil, garlic and rosemary from the lamb dish are scraped into the frying pan. Stir in 1 tbsp of cornflour. Crumble in the stock cube. Whisk in 300ml boiling water. Gently boil, stirring now and then, for 5-8mins till thickened. Taste the gravy and season.
- 8.
Arrange the lamb leg steaks on 2 warm plates. Pour any resting juices into the gravy. Serve the lamb with the veg and the gravy.