Winter Warmer: Slow Cooked lamb shoulder

red wine

🥗Healthier: non-alcoholic wine

💰Cheaper: beef broth

Non-alcoholic wine provides similar acidity without alcohol.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is less expensive and neutral in flavor.

Prepare the rub by adding dried oregano, cumin seeds, lemon zest, cloves of garlic, and a generous pinch of salt into a mortar and pestle.

Grind the ingredients together to create the rub.

Rub the mixture onto the lamb shoulder.

Place three cloves of garlic into the roasting dish along with a tin of tomatoes.

Pour in some red wine (optional) and chicken stock into the roasting dish.

Preheat the oven to 200°C (392°F).

Season the lamb shoulder with black pepper.

Place the lamb shoulder into the roasting dish with the liquid.

Roast at 200°C for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, reduce the oven temperature to 160°C (320°F) and slow cook for 2 hours.

After 2 hours, check the lamb; it should be tender and fall off the bone easily.

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