Roasted Lamb Shoulder
With Piment d’Esplette

One of the classic dishes from Provence, and so easy to prepare.

Doubly pleasing because it uses basic root vegetables and a comparatively cheap cut of meat.

This lamb dish can be served with any root vegetable, and/or a good helping of mashed potatoes.

Wondering What Piment d’Esplette Is?

The Espelette pepper is grown exclusively in the French commune of Espelette, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, traditionally the northern territory of the Basque people.

It is highly prized and expensive and is delicious with a roasted lamb shoulder.

Roasted Lamb Shoulder Recipe

INGREDIENTS

1 shoulder of lamb

3 tbsp good quality olive oil

Salt and pepper to taste

Piment d’Esplette to taste

200 g vegetable mix (e.g. carrots, onion, garlic, celery, turnip, parsnip), cut into large chunks

METHOD

1. Trim the shoulder of lamb of excess white fat, but not all of it.

2. Make a bed of the vegetables in a roasting pan.

3. Put the lamb skin side down in the roasting dish, and season well with salt and pepper, and the piment d’esplette.

4. Add the olive oil.

5. Cook in the over at 200°C (400°F) for about 30 minutes.

6. Turn the shoulder over, and season the other side as before.

7. Reduce the oven temperature of 180°C (350°F) and cook again for 15 minutes.

8. Allow the meat to rest for a good 15 minutes before serving.

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