Cooking a lamb or beef roast

For many people a roast lamb or roast beef is part of a traditional family meal.

Roast are renowned for their tender sweet flavour.

A 1 kg leg of lamb or beef will cook in under an hour and will feed 4-6 people and it will take approximately 15 minutes to prepare. 1 kg of meat will take approximately 1- 1 ½ hours approx. depending on the size of the roast.

The following are simple steps that are the basis for all roasts regardless of if it is lamb or beef.

As with all roasts there are many variations to the flavouring and there may be family recipes handed down too.

• Stock- ½ the quantity chicken and ½ beef stock.
• For every 1kg of meat you want 1 litre of stock
• ¼ cup of Worcestershire Sauce
• ¼ cup Soy Sauce
• ¼ cup sugar

1. Mix all the liquid ingredients in a pan and add sugar.
2. Seal with alfoil and place in a moderate oven for 1 ½ hours at 180’C.

Optional: A smear of Vegemite over the meat prior to cooking. As crazy as this sounds this adds flavour to the crust of the beef.

Note: Always allow all roasts to sit (rest) for at least 20 mins before carving.