New Zealand Lamb - we're loving it -

Ingredients

• ½ leg New Zealand Lamb
• 2 cloves garlic cut into slivers
• 1 large onion, cut into wedges
• 1 red and 1 green pepper, deseeded and cut into chunks
• 1 aubergine, cut into chunks
• 1 large courgette, cut into chunks
• 30ml/2 tbsp olive oil
• 8 whole cloves garlic
• fresh bay leaves
• 1.2kg/2lb 10oz New Zealand Lamb leg meat, cut into 3cm/1¼in chunks
• 2tbsp sunflower oil
• 12 shallots, peeled and halved
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
• 4 rashers rindless streaky bacon, sliced into 1cm/½in pieces
• 1 lamb stock cube
• 250ml/9floz red wine
• 2tbsp tomato purée
• 2tsp fresh thyme leaves
• 1 bay leaf
• 350g/12oz button mushrooms, halved
• 1tbsp cornflour mixed with 1tbsp cold water to make a smooth paste