Camp Oven Bake
- 2 12 kg leg of lamb (or piece of beef,pork or roo)
- 3 large potatoes, peeled and sliced thickly
- 2 medium onions, peeled and sliced thickly
- 1 liter beef stock
- 2 teaspoons mixed herbs or 2 teaspoons basil, oregano
- olive oil (as required)
- 4 tablespoons gravox (powder product used to produce gravy)
- Place sliced potato in bottom of camp oven.
- Coat meat with moderate amount of olive oil, then cover with mixed herbs.
- Place in camp oven, making sure meat is not touching sides or lid.
- Place sliced onions around the meat.
- Pour in beef stock.
- Check meat is not going to touch the lid, if it is cover just the top with 1 layer of foil.
- Make base of hot coal for the camp oven, place camp oven on coals, cover lid with one shovelful of hot coals.
- Allow to cook for 1 hour, then check liquid content, top up with beef stock if necessary.
- Re-do the coals both top and bottom.
- Continue cooking for 2-3hours, checking every 1hour and re-doing coals to keep an even heat.
- When cooked, remove meat from camp oven and set aside.
- Scoop out potatoes in the bottom, set aside.
- Spoon out liquid into microwave oven jug, make up with tap water to approximately 1 1/2 litres.
- Add Gravox powder while whisking briskly.
- Microwave on high for 2 1/2 minutes.
- Whisk again.
- Microwave for 1 1/2 minutes.
- Whisk again and continue until gravy is cooked and thickened.
- Serve meat sliced with potatoes from camp oven as an accompaniment,with gravy.
lamb, potatoes, onions, beef stock, mixed herbs, olive oil, gravox
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/camp-oven-bake-9760 (may not work)