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Win the race with these slow and steady lamb shoulder recipes

Cook them low, cook them slow. These lamb shoulder recipes take time, but you'll be rewarded with tender, fall-apart meat.
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Cook them low, cook them slow. These lamb shoulder recipes take time, but you’ll be rewarded with tender, fall-apart meat. The Middle East yields some of the best recipes for slow-cooked lamb shoulder – try the Persian lamb with rhubarb and chelow, the slow-cooker Morrocan lamb with honey, or the Baharat spiced lamb shoulder with onions and moghrabieh.

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For some Chinese flavours, head to the lamb with cumin from Andrew McConnell’s Golden Fields restaurant, Neil Perry’s shredded lamb shoulder with salted chilli, or the shou zhua yang rou chuan (deep-fried lamb skewers with chilli and cumin). And for a weekend project, the eight-hour lamb shoulder with Israeli couscous and labne proves that when it comes to lamb shoulder recipes, slow and steady always win the race.

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Slow-roasted lamb shoulder with pistachios, pomegranate and vine leaves

Lamb shoulder ragu with gnocchetti
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Pinbone’s lamb shoulder ragù with gnocchetti

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Photo: William Meppem

Greek-style lamb shoulder and bean stew

Photo: William Meppem

Iranian-style lamb shoulder with cranberry and pistachio spiced rice

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Rick Shores’ slow roasted lamb shoulder with yellow bean, cumin and chilli

Photo: William Meppem

Shepherd’s pie with lamb shoulder

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Photo: William Meppem

Pide rolls with roast lamb and beetroot

Photo: Chris Chen

Tony Bilson’s confit of lamb shoulder

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Buttermilk-brined lamb shoulder with harissa

Photo: William Meppem

The Bridge Room’s coal-grilled lamb shoulder and loin, Jerusalem artichoke purée and chips

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Photo: Mikkel Vang

Lamb shoulder braised in wine with peas and pecorino

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Slow-roasted lamb shoulder with brussels sprout slaw

Photo: William Meppem

Fregola and roast tomato salad with barbecued lamb shoulder

Photo: William Meppem

Lamb with egg and lemon

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

Roman-style lamb with rosemary, sage and anchovy

Photo: Chris Chen

Pyrénées-style slow-cooked lamb with sherry and paprika

Photo: Con Poulos

Lamb with anchovies and peas

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Persian lamb with rhubarb and chelow

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Baharat lamb shoulder with onions and moghrabieh
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Baharat lamb shoulder with onions and moghrabieh

Photo: Ian Wallace

Moroccan lamb with honey

Photo: Sharyn Cairns

Andew McConnell’s lamb with cumin

Photo: Mark Roper

Lamb skewers with chilli and cumin (shou zhua yang rou chuan)

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Photo: Chris Chen

Neil Perry’s shredded lamb shoulder with salted chilli

Slow-cooked lamb with hummus, tomato salad and mint salsa

Photo: Chris Chen

Slow-roasted lamb shoulder with pumpkin, carrots, cumin yoghurt and mint salsa

Photo: William Meppem

Braised lamb with roast carrot and mixed grains

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Photo: Chris Court

Slow-roasted lamb shoulder with baked ricotta and green olives

Eight-hour lamb shoulder with Israeli couscous and labne
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Eight-hour lamb shoulder with Israeli couscous and labne

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