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October 2009
Book published 18 July 2009
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Roast Leg of New Season Lamb
- Take a 7 - 9 month old ewe
- Between June and September bring into heat using fertility hormones
- Artificially inseminate with semen from a suitable breed
- Expect sheep to give birth to 2 or 3 lambs
- If a ewe gives birth to 3 lambs: put one to another ewe or in an 'adopter box'
- Castrate male lambs, preferably within 7 days of birth
- Dock tails within 7 days of birth preferably using rubber ring, sharp knife or hot iron
- Pass lambs through chemical sheep dip to prevent flies laying eggs in their skin
- Inject lambs against diseases at regular intervals (but expect a loss of one in five during the winter months)
- Feed inexpensive protein (can include dried blood,
palm kernels and waste from poultry carcasses including feathers)
- For the Easter market slaughter lambs at between 3 and 5 months
- In the abattoir:
- place in the 'stunning box'; hang by the legs on a
conveyor belt and transfer to the slaughter area
- slit throats; wait 2
minutes to ensure death has occurred
- allow conveyor belt to carry carcass on for butchering
- Put leg in roasting tin and cook in a hot oven
- Serve with roast potatoes, vegetables in season and mint sauce
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