Slow Cooked Glazed Lamb Shoulder w/ Cheddar
This is an exquisite lamb recipe provided by Chef Michael Facey. It’s quite a sophisticated recipe perfect for a special celebration, but probably not the easiest lamb dish recipe out there.
Slow Cooked Glazed Lamb Shoulder w/ Cheddar
Ingredients
Lamb:
- 3 ⅓ lbs shoulder of lamb on the bone 1.5 kg
- 1 oz sea salt 25 g
- 1/2 teaspoon peppercorns
- 1/2 teaspoon juniper
- 1/2 teaspoon pimento seed
- 1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons garlic chopped 15 g
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 sprig rosemary leaves picked and chopped
- 1 sprig thyme leaves picked and chopped
- 1 sprig mint leaves picked and chopped
- 4 ¼ cups duck fat can also use olive oil instead 1L
Glaze:
- 3 cups mead 750 ml
- 1 clove garlic
- 2/5 cups barley malt 75 g
- 3 tablespoons sugar light brown 35 g
- 2 ⅔ oz green apple peeled and chopped 75g
- 2 ⅔ oz white onion peeled and chopped 75g
- pinch salt
- pinch black pepper
Parsnip Hash:
- 1/2 lb waxy potatoes 250g
- 3 ½ oz white onion chopped 100g
- 1 ½ lbs parsnips 650g
- 1 ¾ oz butter 50g
- pinch celery salt
- pinch salt
- 3 tablespoons potato starch or cornflour 25g
- 1 ¾ oz cheddar cheese 50g
- 1 egg beaten
- handful Scottish rolled oats
Lamb Jam:
- 3½ oz cooked lamb trimmings 100g
- 1 ⅖ oz mead glaze 40g
- 1/3 cup caster sugar 40g
- 2/5 cup lamb or vegetable stock 100ml
Vegetables and Puree:
- 1 lb turnips 500g
- 3 ½ oz baby carrots 100g
- 1 clove garlic
- 2/5 cup vegetable stock 100ml
- 1/5 cup double cream 50ml
- rock salt enough to cover the turnips
- knob butter
Instructions
Lamb
- Place all the dry ingredients except the lamb in a mixer and blitz to make a dry paste.
- Rub the paste all over the lamb, cover and refrigerate for 24 hours.
- Heat the oven to 140°C conventional/130° C fan/265° F/ Gas mark 1.
- Fill a roasting tin with the fat and place in the oven for 5 minutes to warm through.
- Brush the marinade off the lamb and place the lamb into the warmed duck fat.
- Cover with foil and cook for approximately 1 hour and 45 mins (the lamb should feel tender and soft).
- Remove the lamb and leave to cool for 5 minutes on a flat tray. Pull the bone out of the lamb (if it does not come out easily, place back in the oven for a few more minutes).
- Once cool place in the fridge for 2 hours until set, remove and cut into 4 rectangles (keep the trimmings for the lamb jam).
Glaze
- Fry the onions, apple and chopped garlic in a pan with salt and pepper for 3 minutes.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Put into a food processor and blitz until smooth.
- Return to the pan and simmer until the mixture becomes thick and syrupy (reduced by just under a half).
- Before serving, reheat the oven to 200 conventional/390° F/ 180C fan, Gas Mark 4.
- Place the lamb on greaseproof paper on a baking tray and brush with the glaze.
- Heat in the oven for 12 minutes. Every 3 minutes, brush more glaze over the lamb until it turns bronze and sticky.
Parsnip Hash
- Heat the oven to 200 conventional/390° F/180 fan, Gas Mark 4.
- Bake the potatoes whole in the oven for 20 minutes. Then leave to cool for 10 minutes and the place in the fridge for 15 minutes until cold.
- Peel the potatoes and grate and leave to one side.
- Peel and chop the parsnips. Smear with butter and season on a baking tray. Cover with foil and bake in the oven for 25 minutes.
- Remove the foil and cook for approx. 10-15minutes until golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and mash.
- Fry the onions and add to the mashed parsnips with the grated potato, cheese and potato starch.
- Check for seasoning. Add more if needed.
- Roll into small cigar shapes and place into the fridge to set for an hour.
- Remove, dip into the egg and roll in oats and place on a try. Pan fry until golden (place in deep fat fryer if you have one).
Lamb Jam
- Chop up the trimming into small pieces.
- Place all the ingredients in a pan and bring to the boil.
- Leave to simmer until reduced to a jam-like consistency.
Vegetables and Turnip Puree
- Wash turnips, place on a baking tray and cover with rock salt.
- Bake in the oven with the lamb at 140 conventional/265° F/ 130 fan/ Gas mark 1 for an hour.
- Rub the first skin off. Cut half of them into wedges and set to one side. When ready to serve, warm slightly in a frying pan.
- With the rest of the turnips, place them into a pan and fry with a clove of garlic.
- Add the stock and the cream and bring to a boil for 3 minutes.
- Place into food processor and blitz until smooth.
- For the carrots, place into a pan covered in water. Add a pinch of salt and the knob of butter and simmer for 7-8 minutes until soft. Drain to serve.
Notes
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