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Roasted Lamb with a Herb Crust

This is a Jamie Oliver jobbie.  It's easy, cooks in 1 hour, and always works.  It's a perfect hassle free Sunday lunch.  My kids love it too. The recipe below will feed 6 with roasted veg. You need: 1 large leg of lamb - butterflied 500g Natural Yoghurt 1x can Chickpeas Bunch of Coriander Bunch of mint 1 tsp cumin seeds 1tsp coriander seeds Salt & pepper Grind the coriander and cumin seeds, then put in a food processor with the fresh herbs.  Blitz, then add the yoghurt.  Blitz again.  Season with salt & pepper. Put half of the flavoured yoghurt in a tub and keep in the fridge.  Put the lamb in a clean plastic bag (with no holes in!), then add the remaining yoghurt mixture.  Give it a really good massage to coat the lamb thoroughly.  Then pop the bag in the fridge and leave for at least an hour, or preferably overnight. When it comes to cooking, put the lamb straight on to a shelf in a preheated oven at 220C.  P...