Crusted Lamb Shoulder
with Middle Eastern beetroot salad
Jackie Weight's Crusted Lamb Shoulder pairs perfectly with a vibrant Middle Eastern Beetroot Salad. Smoky beetroot, creamy feta, juicy pomegranate seeds, and homemade flatbreads create a BBQ feast that's sure to impress!
Ingredients
1 lamb shoulder – bone in
Crust
1 onion
2 tsp coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp olive oil
Small bunch of coriander stalks (reserve the leaves)
4 cloves of garlic
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
1 tbsp instant coffee
To Serve
Smoked beetroot, cut into wedges
Fresh dates, pitted and quartered
Pomegranate seeds
Feta cheese, cubed
Coriander leaves, torn
Dressing / Sauce
100ml natural yoghurt
2 tbsp harissa paste
Flatbreads
350g self-raising flour (more if needed)
350g plain yoghurt
Chopped coriander
Salt and pepper
Method
1. Place all of the Crust ingredients into a blender and blend until they form a paste.
2. Slash the lamb on the underside and spread over the lamb shoulder (leave to marinade overnight if you can) cook over a pan, indirect, (either low and slow 225°F or hot and fast 350°F) until the lamb is soft and almost falling off the bone. You can wrap the lamb in foil around 2/3s into the cooking time if you wish.
3. During the last half hour of the cook, smoke the beetroot. (I tend to use fresh cooked beetroot and just smoke to add flavour.)
4. Shred the lamb and place on a large board, randomly place the beetroot wedges, cubed feta, pomegranate seeds, coriander and quartered dates over the lamb.
5. Mix the yoghurt and harissa together.
6. Serve in a bowl next to the lamb.
7. For the flatbreads, mix the all of the ingredients together until you have a fairly smooth dough, add more flour if needed. Take balls of the dough, flour well and roll into flat discs.
8. Cook on a rack or plancha over direct heat until the bread bubbles up, flip over and cook on the other side, it should still be soft.