Lamb shoulder

FreeForAll

Hi all

i have 1.88kg lamb shoulder in my freezer but i have no idea what to do with it. im a rubbish cook so i have no idea how to cook or how long to cook it. Any ideas?

There are only 2 of us in our house, and it such a big cut of meat, so i will need something i can freeze, i think!

i dont have a slow cooker so it will have to be done in the oven.

my wife always says you guys on here are helpfull so i thought i would give you a try.

thanks

chloe99_2

quite an indulgent way to use it, but if you're happy for it to be a treat, how about roasting it one day and have a roast dinner, then lamb sandwiches for work next day, and lamb, chips, peas and gravy for dinner next day.

If you want more money saving I'm sure someone else will be able to tell you how to get at least 3 meals out of it!!

msmicawber

Or have it as a roast one day, then slice the leftovers, cover them in the left over gravy and freeze. You can then microwave yourself a lovely roast dinner some other day and just do the roast spuds and veg.


To roast:
- Take it out of the fridge 30 mins or so before cooking so it comes up to room temp.
- Preheat oven with roasting tin in it to 220C
- Place joint in preheated oven
- After 20 mins reduce temp to 180C
- Roast for a further hour if you like your meat pink in the middle, or 1 hr 20 mins if not. (You can check how it's doing by stabbing it with a sharp knife and seeing how pink/bloody the meat is next to the bone)
- Put a carving dish in the oven about 5 mins before it'll be ready.
- When you take it out, rest it on the hot carving dish while you make the gravy, then carve it.

thriftmonster

It's also nice marinaded in yoghurt and mint sauce and then roasted for a couple of hours. Any left can be sliced and frozen once it's cooked to go with salad and jacket spuds in meal sized portions.

Penny-Wise_4

Hello DH! :kisses3:

Personally I’d roast it, with stuffing & Yorkshires to make it go further, then pick the meat off the bone & chop it up & make a stew out of half & stick the other half in a curry with some lentils & chickpeas. But other people will have some good recipes too – surprise me!

Is this for tea tomorrow? Are you doing that beef stewing steak today?

:iloveyou:

billieboy_2

I usually cut up slivers of garlic, make cuts in the meat and push them in and then lay sprigs of rosemary on top, cover in foil and roast, really adds to the flavour of the gravy.

**purpleprincess**

Aww, how lovely!!

dronid

I've just had to do the same thing but for a Lamb Leg - managed to get 24 meals out of that! I ended up making curry, shepherds pie, some plated roast dinners and a couple of kebabs. As others have said roast it as per the previous instructions. Serve it as roast once. Then pick the bones clean (I’d probably slow cook the bones for stock). Chop up the remaining lamb. Lamb shoulder is quite fatty but that’s good ‘cos that’s where the flavour is!

Spinach and Lamb Curry

A largish handful of leftover lamb as I don’t know how much you’ll have left!
Vegetable Oil
1 bag fresh spinach or about ¼ bag frozen spinach ‘bits’
2 dsp Curry Paste Mild or Medium – depending on taste
2 tins Tomatoes

Fry the onion in a dsp oil on medium until browned.
Add the curry paste and wait for it to sizzle and begin to cook
Add the meat and mix in.
Add the tomatoes
Add the Spinach (if it’s fresh it may look a lot but it’ll shrink rapidly.
Simmer for about 30 mins.
If it gets a bit thick for you add some water or stock if you made some from the bones.

I normally add some kidney beans myself to make it go further and they’ll absorb the lamb flavour from the meat. If you make a vegetable curry with the same recipe as above but replace the spinach and meat with mixed vegetables and serve it alongside it looks great, is really cheap and makes you look like you spent hours rather than 30-40 mins on it. It also freezes well.

Pink.

Hi FreeForAll,

We have another thread on cooking a shoulder of lamb, so I'll merged your thread with it to keep all the suggestions together. The posts are listed in date order, so you'll need to read from the beginning to see all the replies.

Pink

FreeForAll

sorry i did not see that thread
thanks for merging them