Photo: Emiliano Vittoriosi
Braised shoulder of lamb with jewelled stuffing
17 ingredients
25 min
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A melt-in-the-mouth lamb dish so tender that you can carve it with the back of a spoon. Prepare to drool
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1488
Calories
79g
Protein
53g
Fat
172g
Carbs
Counts 16 of 17 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 16 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Lamb | 100g cooked | 294 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Pistachio | 1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels) | 159 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Date | 1 date (24g) medjool | 66 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Apricot | 1 medium (35g) | 17 |
| Shallot | 1 tbsp minced (10g) | 7 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Cider | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1½kg boned shoulder of lamb
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 onion , roughly chopped
- 3 garlic cloves , chopped
- 175ml dry cider or dry white wine
- 500ml chicken stock
- strip orange zest
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 bay leaves
- 50g stoned dates , roughly chopped
- 50g dried apricots , roughly chopped
- 25g dried cranberries
- 25g shelled pistachios , roughly chopped
- handful parsley , finely chopped, plus extra for serving
- 1 shallot , finely chopped
- zest ½ orange
- 3 slices stale bread , whizzed into crumbs
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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