Roast Lamb (chinese Style)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 kg lamb belly, with skin
• 130 g coarse salt
• 1 pinch five-spice powder

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 200ºc.
• 2 score the inner lamb belly with a sharp knife.
• 3 rub the meat with 30g of coarse salt and the five-spice powder.
• 4 pierce metal skewers through the upper and lower portion of the lamb belly to prevent it from shrinking during roasting.
• 5 rub the remaining coarse salt on the skin of the lamb belly.
• 6 roast the lamb for 45 minutes to an hour.
• 7 halfway through the roasting time, remove the roast lamb from the oven and rub off all the salt from the skin. prick the skin all over with a stainless steel tenderiser needle.
• 8 return the lamb to the oven and roast it on high heat until lamb is blackened and skin is crispy. remove from oven and scrape off the blackened part.
• 9 return to oven and continue roasting till done.