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Cumberland-glazed roast lamb shoulder


Serves: 6
timePrep time: 25 mins
timeTotal time:
Cumberland-glazed roast lamb shoulder
Recipe photograph by Brett Stevens

Cumberland-glazed roast lamb shoulder


Serves: 6
timePrep time: 25 mins
timeTotal time:

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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
579Kcal
Fat
20gr
Saturates
9gr
Carbs
34gr
Sugars
33gr
Fibre
1gr
Protein
51gr
Salt
0.8gr

Annie Bell

Annie Bell

Annie started her career as a chef, and is now an award-winning food writer who has written more than a dozen cookbooks. Her recipes are always as beautiful as they are delicious.

See more of Annie Bell’s recipes
Annie Bell

Annie Bell

Annie started her career as a chef, and is now an award-winning food writer who has written more than a dozen cookbooks. Her recipes are always as beautiful as they are delicious.

See more of Annie Bell’s recipes

Ingredients

  • 1 x 1.5kg whole easy carve lamb shoulder (or 1 regular bone-in lamb shoulder, about 2.2kg)
  • 4 garlic cloves, cut into thin strips lengthways
  • 1 large onion, halved and sliced
  • vegetable oil
  • 100ml medium sherry
  • 1 tbsp plain flour
  • 600ml lamb or chicken stock
For the Cumberland glaze:
  • 1 orange, scrubbed
  • 1 lemon, scrubbed
  • 1 shallot, finely sliced
  • 100ml port
  • 250g redcurrant jelly
  • 1 tsp English mustard

Step by step

Get ahead

The Cumberland glaze can be made up to 2 days ahead.

  1. First make the Cumberland glaze. Pare the rind off the orange and lemon with a potato peeler, leaving behind the white pith. Stack the strips and slice diagonally into thin slivers about 2cm long. In a medium pan of boiling water, cook the zest and shallot for 2 minutes. Drain.

  2. Halve and juice the orange and lemon, and pour into the saucepan, adding the remaining ingredients and the blanched zest and shallot. Bring to the boil, stirring well, then bubble, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes until syrupy. Transfer to a bowl, cover and leave to cool. The sauce will thicken as it cools but will still be a pourable consistency.

  3. Preheat the oven to 220°C, fan 200°C, gas 7. Calculate the cooking time of your joint at 33 minutes per kg, plus 15 minutes – so about 1 hour for a joint this size. Make cuts all over the top of the lamb using a sharp knife and push a sliver of garlic into each one. Arrange the onion in the centre of a roasting tin that will hold the lamb snugly, and drizzle over a little oil. Season the lamb all over and put it, fat-side up, on top of the onion, so the onion is tucked underneath and hidden from view.

    Tip

    An easy-carve or 'carvery' joint of lamb has been deboned then tied back on to the bone, so you get the benefits of roasting on the bone, but it can be simply removed after cooking for easy carving.

  4. Pour 1cm of water into the pan. Drizzle a little oil over the lamb and roast for the appropriate time. Baste every 30 minutes, adding more water as necessary; at no time should the pan dry out. This is to stop the onions burning, and to provide the basis of the gravy. By the end you should have plenty of golden juices to call on.

  5. Coat the lamb with 3 tablespoons of the Cumberland glaze 15-20 minutes before it is ready; return it to the oven.

  6. When cooked, transfer the lamb to a carving plate, loosely cover with kitchen foil and leave to rest in a warm place for 20-25 minutes. Spoon off any excess fat from the roasting tray. If necessary, simmer first to reduce the liquid – in this case leave to stand for a few minutes to allow the fat to separate out after reducing before skimming. Add the sherry and simmer until sticky and reduced. Stir in the flour and gradually work in the stock. Bring to the boil and bubble, uncovered, until the gravy looks glossy and thick, seasoning to taste. Pass it through a sieve into a bowl or jug. Carve the lamb across the grain, adding any juices to the gravy. Serve with the gravy and the rest of the Cumberland glaze.

Chef quote

Here, Cumberland sauce is given a twist and used as a glaze for roast lamb. There will be some leftover, so serve on the side. There’s a sauceboat of thick gravy, too.

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