All Day Lamb

Directions

1. 1
   Marinate the leg of lamb overnight in the bottle of red wine.
2. 2
   Just before work make a bag large enough to accommodate a leg of lamb with aluminium foil.
3. 3
   Place the leg of lamb, the red wine, butter and several sprigs of fresh thyme in the bag.
4. 4
   Seal the bag and place in a oven and bake at 250F/120C for 8 hours (or more).
5. 5
   As this is a rich dish, serve with some relatively plain vegetable side dish and simple mashed potatoes (thyme-mashed potatoes goes well with this).
6. 6
   When cooked the meat will fall off the bone as it is so tender.
7. 7
   To create your sauce just remove the red wine-butter mixture from the foil and reduce to 1/4 of its size to form a thick jus.