Roast Mutton With Potatoes And Spinach

Ingredients

• 1 small leg of mutton
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Small quantity of water
• Potatoes, cut into walnut-sized pieces
• 3 lbs spinach
• 2 oz butter
• 1 tbsp mutton gravy

Method

1. 1 Place the leg of mutton in a roasting tin with salt and a small amount of water. Roast until half cooked.
2. 2 Remove the meat and skim the fat from the gravy. Return the meat to the tin, pour the gravy over it, and surround with the potato pieces.
3. 3 Return to the oven and cook until the potatoes are tender and the meat is done.
4. 4 While the meat roasts, cook the spinach, drain thoroughly, squeeze out all water, and pass through a sieve.
5. 5 Heat butter in a saucepan, add the spinach, pepper, salt, and 1 tbsp of the mutton gravy. Simmer until the meat is ready.
6. 6 Pile the spinach and potatoes around the meat on the serving platter. Serve with the remaining gravy in a sauceboat.