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Slow roasted red wine lamb shoulder

Feed the family with a traditional slow roasted lamb shoulder served with baby onions, crispy roasted potatoes, or sesame green beans.

The marinade for this slow-cooked roast lamb shoulder includes garlic, rosemary, and thyme. It’s cooked with baby onions and red wine before being served with a thick red wine gravy.

Recipe compliments of Robertson Winery.

Ingredients

  • Lamb shoulder
  • 1 bottle of RW Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 8 baby onions halved
  • 8 large cloves of garlic
  • 1 large handful of fresh thyme
  • 4 long sprigs of rosemary

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 140º.
  2. Line a large baking tray with tinfoil.
  3. Scatter the baby onions, garlic, thyme and rosemary. Then pour the whole bottle of RW Cabernet Sauvignon inside. Once done place the baking rack inside the baking tray and place the lamb shoulder on the rack.
  4. Rub with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
  5. Seal with foil to keep moist inside & roast for 6 hours, slow till the meat start pulling away from the bone and then put heat to 180’ for 30 minutes to brown the fat.

Serving suggestions

Serve with crispy roasted baby potatoes, sesame green beans, or roasted asparagus with truffle mayonnaise.

 

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