LEG OF LAMB BAKED WITH MASHED POTATOES OR APPLE SAUCE

This dish is great to do on a Sunday or holiday ...it would be perfect being able to cook for the whole family ...

Ingredients (serves 6)
- 1 leg of lamb 1.5 Kgs. (do 5 marks over with a carving knife)
- 1 clove garlic
- several garlics mashed
- 3 sprigs of rosemary
- 250 ml. dry sherry
- 150 ml. sweet sherry
- 100 ml. olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- Half a glass of water
- Mashed potatoes or apple sauce to choose ...

The first step will be to leave the leg of lamb macerated the day before. 
You will rub it with the garlic, several garlics mashed, putting salt and pepper, dry sherry and sweet sherry, sprigs of rosemary, watering it with olive oil and leaving it in the fridge overnight.

The next day, in the morning, lay it in the oven, having previously heated to a temperature of 250 degrees, then will lower the oven to 200 degrees and be introducing the leg of lamb, you add some water, letting it cook at this temperature approx. for an hour and a half. The watering will go with the juice during cooking ...
It must be well browned ...
To give a special touch to roast, you can mix 150 ml in a saucepan with honey and 1 cup of white wine vinegar. Cook, stirring, until reduced. Then brushing the meat with this mixture 10 minutes before end of cooking.

You can accompany with mashed potato  -I usually use the MAGI brand and I put milk instead of water and a little pepper, nutmeg and sweet butter cow.

You can also make a puree or applesauce:
- Half a kilo of apples
- 150 grams. of sugar
- Cinnamon
- Half glass of lemon juice. 

We will peel apples and will cut at regular pieces. We put them in a saucepan with the sugar and half glass of lemon juice. Boil over medium heat for half an hour, squashing them occasionally with a fork.
When a few minutes until the compote is done, you add a little cinnamon.
Remove from the heat and cooled.
The best apples for compote are generally pomfret and bittersweet.

As a starter you can do a capricious salad ...
for example with letucce, tomato, onion, walnuts, white cheese, avocado, etc.  dressing with virgin olive oil, salt and pepper and vinegar of Modena.

I wish that you spend a happy day and enjoy your meal ... !!!