SLOW-COOKER LAMB SHOULDER
| Serves: 4 - 6 |
Difficulty: Easy |
Prep: 15 mins | Cook: 6h 15m - 8h 15m |
Ingredients
| 1¾kg bone-in lamb shoulder |
| 2 tsp vegetable or sunflower oil |
| 200ml red wine |
| 2 carrots (roughly chopped) |
| 2 onions (quartered) |
| 2 sticks celery (roughly chopped) |
| 2 bay leaves |
| a few rosemary sprigs |
| a few thyme sprigs |
| 300ml lamb, chicken or vegetable stock |
| potatoes and seasonal greens, to serve (optional) |
METHOD
| 1. |
Dry the lamb with a clean tea towel or kitchen paper, rub all over with the oil, then season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat and brown the lamb all over – this will take around 10-12 mins. Remove from the pan and set aside. Pour the wine into the pan and cook for 1-2 mins to cook off the alcohol. Turn off the heat. |
| 2. |
Tip the veg and herbs into your slow cooker, then lay the lamb on top. Pour in the stock. Cook on high for 6 hrs or low for 8 hrs, turning halfway, if you can. |
| 3. |
Remove the lamb and set aside to rest. Set a sieve or colander over a bowl and capture the liquid (either discard the vegetables or eat them with the meal – they’ll be soft but taste great). You can use the cooking liquid to make a gravy simply by thickening with flour or cornflour. Serve with potatoes and seasonal greens, if you like. |
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