We may have misjudged you, forno - but posts consisting of repeated recommendations for a particular website are naturally looke on with suspicion.

I love to cook a leg of lamb in my wood oven, I prepare it by making holes in it with a knife about 20 mm deep and 30mm apart, then put shreads of garlick anchovie and rosmary in the holes rub generously with good extra vergin olive oil( the chiefs say use cheep olive oil for cooking but only the first cold press has no chemicals ) Then put in your wood oven covered with foil . oven floor tempriture of 250c and an air tempriture of 450c ( if you have the floor tempriture will get the air temp in a parabolic wood oven) for about an hour, remove foil and brown for around 5 mins, keep an eye on the meat as these ovens are fierce and will burn your food fast . take out and rest for 30 mins then enjoy the best food you have ever tasted.

Thanks GeoffP hadn't seen that one... there's also an alternative method at:
http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites … build.html

Yes Hugh F-W produced a very simple "adobe" oven - the URL for it is in the post above from Digglez.

A few years ago, the English Civil War Society held maneuvers in our garden (it was an enormous garden), and they built a Civil War pattern bread oven just from turf and a shaped cast iron box, which worked very effectively. I'll see if I can find the plans.

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