Camp Oven Bake

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 1/2 kg leg of lamb (or piece of beef,lamb 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)

Recipe

• 1 place sliced potato in bottom of camp oven.
• 2 coat meat with moderate amount of olive oil, then cover with mixed herbs.
• 3 place in camp oven, making sure meat is not touching sides or lid.
• 4 place sliced onions around the meat.
• 5 pour in beef stock.
• 6 check meat is not going to touch the lid, if it is cover just the top with 1 layer of foil.
• 7 make base of hot coal for the camp oven, place camp oven on coals, cover lid with one shovelful of hot coals.
• 8 allow to cook for 1 hour, then check liquid content, top up with beef stock if necessary.
• 9 re-do the coals both top and bottom.
• 10 continue cooking for 2-3hours, checking every 1hour and re-doing coals to keep an even heat.
• 11 when cooked, remove meat from camp oven and set aside.
• 12 scoop out potatoes in the bottom, set aside.
• 13 spoon out liquid into microwave oven jug, make up with tap water to approximately 1 1/2 litres.
• 14 add gravox powder while whisking briskly.
• 15 microwave on high for 2 1/2 minutes.
• 16 whisk again.
• 17 microwave for 1 1/2 minutes.
• 18 whisk again and continue until gravy is cooked and thickened.
• 19 serve meat sliced with potatoes from camp oven as an accompaniment,with gravy.