Vincent Price's Roast Lamb Castilian Style

Total Time: 6 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (12 lb) fresh ham
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 3 bay leaves, crumbled
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 3 tablespoons minced onions
• 2/3 cup wine, divided
• 2 tablespoons sweet paprika
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 lemon, juice of

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 score the skin and fat of the fresh ham.
• 3 place in a shallow roasting pan (in spain they use an oval earthenware one) and rub the skin with the butter.
• 4 combine bay leaves, garlic, thyme, parsley and minced onion; sprinkle this over the meat.
• 5 next sprinkle meat with the juice of 1 lemon, 1/3 cup wine, sweet paprika and salt.
• 6 roast meat for 1-1/2 hours.
• 7 remove fat that has accumulated in the pan.
• 8 add to pan: 1/3 cup wine and 1 cup water.
• 9 continue to roast for 3-1/2 to 4-1/2 hours longer, or a total of 25 minutes per pound, basting every half hour with the pan juices.