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POMEGRANATE LAMB SHOULDER
POMEGRANATE LAMB SHOULDER
WITH CHUNKY BUCKWHEAT TABBOULEH & QUICK PICKLED RADISHES
Serves: 6-8 | Prep time: 20-30 mins + overnight marinating time | Cook time: 5 hrs
Slow cooked lamb shoulder is one of those easy roasts that’s hard to get wrong. All you need is a little time up your sleeve. You don’t even need to carve it. It should break up easily with just a couple of spoons or forks.
Our recipe contributor, Alana Lowes, has given this lamb shoulder recipe a Middle Eastern twist with a beautiful spiced marinade featuring pomegranate molasses, that’s packed with flavour.
Freshness is brought to the dish by a chunky buckwheat tabbouleh. Apart from tasting great, this tabbouleh recipe is also gluten free.
We love to serve this with flatbreads. If you’re keen to made them yourself while the lamb is cooking away, here is Alana’s recipe for Home Made Spelt Flatbreads.
Recipe and images courtesy of Alana Lowes.
INGREDIENTS
2kg+ lamb shoulder, bone in
500ml beef, chicken or vegetable stock
Marinade
6 coriander stalks and roots (save the leaves for dressing)
1 tsp thyme leaves, approximately 6-7 sprigs
2 garlic cloves
2cm piece of ginger, finely grated
zest of 1 lemon
3 tbsp pomegranate molasses
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp ground cumin
1 tbsp brown sugar
2 tsp salt flakes
2 tsp coriander seeds
1 tsp ground allspice
1 tsp ground chilli
Chunky Buckwheat Tabbouleh
1 tbsp olive oil
½ cup buckwheat grains, also known as groats
1 ½ cups boiling water
2 tsp salt flakes
1 bunch parsley, leaves removed, stalks discarded
250g mini tomatoes, halved
250g mini cucumbers, finely sliced, or 1 Lebanese cucumber, finely sliced
¼ cup mint leaves, shredded
½ pomegranate, seeds removed
½ tsp sumac
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
Salt flakes and pepper for seasoning
Quick Pickled Radishes
250g radishes, leaves trimmed and quartered
¾ cup white wine vinegar
¾ cup water
1 tbsp caster sugar
1 tsp salt flakes
To Serve
6-8 flatbreads (here’s a great recipe for Home Made Spelt Flatbreads below if you want to make them from scratch)
Greek yoghurt
METHOD
Blitz all the marinade ingredients together in a food processor. Rub the marinade all over the lamb and place into a roasting pan, cover with cling wrap and put into the fridge overnight.
The next day, remove the lamb from the fridge 30 mins before cooking.
Preheat the oven to 200°C fan forced.
Remove cling wrap from the lamb, add in stock and cover the roasting pan with foil. Cook for 30 mins.
Reduce the oven temperature to 140°C and continue to cook for a further 4-5 hrs or until the meat is coming away from the bones and easily pulls apart using a fork.
For the last 20 minutes of cooking time, remove the foil and increase oven to 200°C. This will ensure the outside of the lamb caramelises and crisps up. Remove from the oven and set aside to rest for 20 minutes. Pull the meat away from the bones (discard the bones) and shred the meat. Set aside until needed.
CONTINUED…
While the lamb is cooking you can start preparing the buckwheat salad. Add the oil and buckwheat groats (if the groats are raw and untoasted) to a large saucepan, place over a medium heat and toast until they turn golden in colour. Turn the heat to low and add the boiling water, taking care as the water can spit and splatter. Cover and cook for 10 mins or the buckwheat is al dente in texture. Drain and rinse. Allow to cool.
Combine the remaining ingredients for the tabbouleh together in a large bowl with the cooled cooked buckwheat and stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper as desired. Set aside in the fridge until needed.
To make the quick pickled radishes, combine all ingredients and stir to dissolve the sugar. Set aside to pickle for 15-30 mins.
Serve the shredded lamb with warmed flatbreads, Greek yoghurt, tabbouleh and the pickled radishes.
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