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Slow-Cooked Shoulder of Coastal Lamb with Late Summer Vegetables

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Prep timePrep: 30 mins

Cook timeCooking Time: 2 hours 30 mins - 3 hours

ServesServes: 6

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Ingredients

Lamb

  • 1.8kg boneless shoulder of Coastal Lamb
  • 4 sprigs rosemary, leaves finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons roughly chopped oregano or sweet marjoram leaves
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 cup white wine or white wine vinegar

 

Late summer vegetables

  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 eggplant, diced
  • 1 red onion, finely sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 sticks celery, strings removed with a vegetable peeler and diced
  • 1 red and 1 yellow capsicum, cored, seeds removed and diced
  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
  • pinch sugar
  • 6 ripe tomatoes, skinned, cored and roughly chopped
  • 1 tablespoon pitted olives
  • 1 tablespoon capers, drained
  • a few extra sprigs of oregano or sweet marjoram

 

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C.

 

Lamb

Lay lamb flesh-side-up on a chopping board. Spread over the herbs and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Drizzle over the olive oil. Tie with kitchen string to secure.

Place the lamb, skin-side-up in a non-metallic oven dish and pour over the wine or vinegar. Pour 1/2 cup water around the lamb. Cover dish with its lid or make a baking paper and foil lid. Place in the oven and cook the lamb for 2 1/2 – 3 hours, or until the meat is very tender. Remove lamb from the oven (see tips). Pour the juices into a heatproof jug and remove all the fat once it has settled to the top.

 

Late summer vegetables

Pour the oil into a wide heavy-based saucepan and place over medium heat. Add the eggplant and cook until soft and golden, then add the onion and cook for a further 5 minutes. Add the garlic, celery and capsicum and cook for 5 minutes.

Pour in the red wine vinegar and allow to bubble up.  Add a pinch of sugar and the tomatoes. Cook for a further 5 minutes before stirring in the olives, capers and parsley.  Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

 

To serve

Slice the lamb and place on a warmed platter with the vegetables. Drizzle over hot meat juices. Finish dish with extra sprigs of oregano or sweet marjoram.

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