One Pot Slow Cooker Lamb Shoulder

This is a really quick one pot dish which you can put on before you head to work and come back home to lovely tender meat.

Ingredients:

• 4 large carrots, peeled and cut into large pieces
• 12 to 16 small new potatoes
• 1 lamb boneless shoulder joint (about 750g)
• 1 lamb stock cube
• 100ml boiling water
• 300ml red wine, such as a Chianti
• 2 sprigs of rosemary, cut in half
• salt and pepper

Method:

1. Put the carrots and potatoes into the bottom of the slow cooker.
2. Place the lamb joints, with string removed, on top of the vegetables.
3. Dissolve the stock cube in the boiling water.
4. Add the stock and wine into the slow cooker.
5. Place the rosemary into the slow cooker and season with salt and pepper.
6. Put the lid on the slow cooker and cook on slow for 8 hours.
7. Serve onto plates.
8. The liquid in the bottom of the slow cooker can be made into a gravy by adding a couple of tablespoons of plain flour to the bottom of a pan, mix into a paste with a couple of spoons of the liquid and then add about half a pint of the liquid. Simmer over a low heat for 10 minutes and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Makes enough for four people.