How To Cook 5 Hour Shoulder of Lamb

Name: How To Cook 5 Hour Shoulder of Lamb
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h 5 min
Yield: 10-12
Ingredients: 1 bone in shoulder of lamb; 3 onions peeled & cut into wedges; 4 cloves garlic crushed; 300 ml chicken stock; 400g chopped tomatoes (i like to use Mutti); Splash good vinegar, red wine or sherry; Small bunch rosemary; 1 lemon cut into wedges; 250g pitted green olives roughly chopped; olive oil to cook; sea salt to taste; Aleppo chili flakes to taste; 1kg cooked haricot beans (from the jar)

5 mins
5 hours
easy
10-12

Recipe by

Jeff Baker

Ingredients

1 bone in shoulder of lamb
3 onions peeled & cut into wedges
4 cloves garlic crushed
300 ml chicken stock
400g chopped tomatoes (i like to use Mutti)
Splash good vinegar, red wine or sherry
Small bunch rosemary
1 lemon cut into wedges
250g pitted green olives roughly chopped
olive oil to cook
sea salt to taste
Aleppo chili flakes to taste
1kg cooked haricot beans (from the jar)

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Introduction

A perfect dish to batch cook, divide & enjoy on several occasions or for a large gathering of friends & family. It is influenced by the Mediterranean, with bold flavours of lemon, rosemary, and olives, all bound in a rich tomato gravy. The recipe will also work with lamb leg though I do prefer the shoulder for these slow cooks.

Method

Preheat the oven to 150°C/130°C fan/gas 2.
In a heavy based casserole dish colour the lamb in a little olive oil, remove & keep to one side then gently fry the onions & garlic.
Add the splash of vinegar & scrape the sediment from the base of the dish, then add the tomatoes & stock & bring to a simmer.
Place the lamb shoulder skin side up on top & scatter around the lemon wedges & rosemary.
Transfer to the oven & cook for 5 hours or until fork tender with a core temperature of 92°C, basting occasionally as it cooks.
Once cooked carefully remove the lamb then pick out the lemon & rosemary before blending the gravy until smooth.
Add the beans & chopped olives, pull the meat off the bone & fold everything together.