Slow Cooked Garlic Lamb

Tender and versatile

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Serves

7 - 8

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

3 hrs 5 mins

This tantalisingly tender garlic and herb lamb is an absolute stalwart, and an immensely satisfying dish for the guests or family.

To cook this in a slow cooker, brown the lamb if you can and add all ingredients to the bowl of your slow cooker. Good on low for 8 hours (all day) or high for 6 hours.

To reduce the cooking liquid drain it into a saucepan and simmer until it is slightly reduced and thicken with cornflour as above.

This recipe was written by Cherie Metcalfe and published with permission from Pepper & Me.

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Ingredients

  • 1 boneless Quality Mark lamb shoulderi

    or leg
  • 5-6 garlic clovesi

  • 1 onion

    sliced
  • 1 sprig fresh rosemary

  • 2 cups beef stock

    or lamb
  • 2 Tbsp Pepper & Me "Italian Stallion" Herb Blend

  • 1 heaped tsp Pepper & Me "Man Grind" Salt Blend

Method

Oven
1

Brown lamb in a small drizzle of oil in a large cast iron casserole.

2

Sprinkle generously with Italian Stallion and Man Grind.

3

Add garlic and sliced onion.

4

Add stock and fresh rosemary.

5

Bake, covered in a preheat oven at 170ºC for 3 hours (depending on the size of the lamb you may need slightly longer).

6

Remove from oven, the lamb should be tender and ready to pull.

7

Carefully lift the lamb out and pull with two forks.

8

You can either reduce the liquid or or thicken with 1 to 2 tsp of cornflour dissolved in water, or you can leave the sauce thin.

9

Return the pulled lamb to the gravy.

Slow cooker
1

Brown the lamb if you can and add all ingredients to the bowl of your slow cooker. Good on low for 8 hours (all day) or high for 6 hours.

2

To reduce the cooking liquid drain it into a saucepan and simmer until it is slightly reduced and thicken with cornflour as in oven method.

Nutrition Information per Serving (181g)

This nutrition analysis is based on 8 serves. Use reduced salt stock to lower sodium content and serve with choice of vegetables.

Energy647kJ (155 kcal)
Protein19.0g
Total Fat7.9g
Saturated Fat2.7g
Carbohydrate1.6g
Dietary Fibre0.8g
Sodium473mg
Iron1.2mg
Zinc3.4mg
Vitamin B121.6µg