Slow Roast Shoulder of Lamb
This one-pot dish uses whole shoulder of lamb spread with a herb butter then slow cooked for 4 hours with the addition of lamb stock, red onions, celery and butternut squash or until the meat falls away from the bone.
prep time
25 mins
cook time
4 hours
serves
8 people
Energy
448kcal
Fat
24.1g
Saturates
11.7g
Carbs
14.9g
Sugars
8.3g
Fibre
4.5g
Protein
43.8g
Salt
0.7g
Ingredients
- 1.8kg lean whole shoulder of lamb
- For the Herb Butter:
- 50g unsalted butter
- 3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped or crushed
- 3 tablespoons freshly chopped rosemary leaves
- For the Vegetables:
- 5 small red onions, peeled and cut into wedges
- 4 celery sticks, roughly chopped
- 600ml good, hot lamb stock
- 1 large butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and roughly chopped
Method
Preheat the oven to 170°C,150°C Fan, Gas Mark 3.
Prepare the herb butter; in a small bowl mix all the ingredients together.
Put the onions and celery in the base of a 2.8L flame/heatproof dish or roasting tin.
Put the lamb on a chopping board and lightly score the surface with a sharp knife.
Spread the herb butter over the joint and place on top of the vegetables, pour over the stock, cover with foil and transfer to the oven for 3½ hours. Remove the foil, add the butternut squash, return to the oven and continue to cook for a further 30 minutes.
Transfer the lamb and vegetables to a large platter and keep warm. Skim the fat from the dish leaving behind the meat juices.
Serve the lamb with the vegetables, meat juices and creamy mash.
