Cooking Big Lumps of Meat

[ailbhe]

We have recently bought, at a bargain price, half a mutton. It came butchered, but some of the lumps are lumpy. the one we're baffled by is 2.2kg of Shoulder Of Mutton On The Bone. It's practically Shoulder Of Mutton Comes On Own Plate.

I assume we can put it in the oven at gas mark 4 or 5 for 20 minutes a pound and 20 minutes over, but has anyone any excellent recommendations?

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[liasbluestone.livejournal.com]

Seven hour lamb" (http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1094/sevenhour-lamb) is a recipe we've done several times with a leg of lamb, and I see no reason to believe it won't work with a shoulder of mutton.

The meat comes out meltingly tender. Put aside the veg you cook it with - they're practically mush - and serve it with roast potatoes and roasted winter veg (carrots, parsnips, beetroot, turnip, onion).

Your 5lb joint should serve 6-8 easily, and it freezes and reheats really well.

Finally, deglaze the casserole with a couple pints of stock, add the mushy veg, heat through and liquidise. Stir in a tablespoon of concentrated mint sauce and you got soup.

I'm hungry now.