Cooking Healthier with Tom Kerridge: Lamb Shoulder & Greek Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- Lamb shoulder · roughly1
- Garlic3 cloves
- Extra virgin olive oil4 tbsp
- Rosemary2 sprigs
- Salt2 tbsp
- Thyme · dried1 tbsp + 3 sprigs
- Chicken stock500 ml
- Lemon · halved1
- Olive oil3 tbsp
- Cooked chickpeas1 can
- Red onion2
- Bell pepper4
- Zucchini2
- Green olive · pitted100 g
- Halloumi cheese · diced2
- Salt and cracked black pepper to taster
- Mint
- Yoghurt
Instructions
- Mix the garlic, salt, olive oil, rosemary sprigs and dried thyme. Score the lamb and rub the mixture all over it.
- Place the lamb in a deep roasting tray, pour in the stock, add the lemons and bay leaves, cover with foil and bake for 3 hours at 160°C.
- After 3 hours, remove the foil and increase the oven to 190°C.
- Lift the lamb out of the tray, add the vegetables and cheese to the tray, and set the lamb on top.
- Return to the oven and roast for another 45 minutes to an hour, until coloured.
- For the sauce, mix half a pot of natural yoghurt with two tablespoons of mint sauce.
- When cooked, pull the meat off the bone, rest it for 10 minutes and serve with the vegetables, cucumber and olives, with warm toasted pitta.
Summarized from Tom Kerridge's video. Watch it for the details.
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