The cooking of this fine joint of game is almost entirely about its basting. Into masses of bubbling butter went bay leaves, a modest amount of rosemary and lots of garlic, and the meat was coated with crushed peppercorns. Let the basting begin.
The sun seems to bless the Karoo Food Festival every year, even if the clammy grip of early winter has kept us indoors for two weeks before the event. But there it was again, blue skies and warm air for three days in a row, the last gasp of the dying summer before the inevitable chill.