Oven-Roasted Lamb Shoulder

👨‍🍳 Method

1. 1
   Cut slits along the meat and insert the garlic cloves and rosemary sprigs into them.

   Knife
2. 2
   Mix the olive oil, lemon juice, salt and black pepper and rub the meat well with the mixture.

   Bowl
3. 3
   Cover and refrigerate the meat overnight.

   Refrigerator
4. 4
   Preheat the oven to 160°C (320°F).

   ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven

   💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
5. 5
   Arrange the carrot and onion in the bottom of a large baking pan.

   Baking pan
6. 6
   Place the meat on the vegetables.
7. 7
   Bake tightly covered with foil 180 minutes, until the meat softens.

   ⚙ BakingOvenAluminum foilBaking pan

   💡Shoulder is rich in connective tissue: only long, covered baking, in the steam of the liquids in the pan, makes it tender. The cover comes off only at the end, for browning.

   💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
8. 8
   Bake without the foil, after raising the heat to 220°C (430°F), 20 minutes, until the meat is browned, tender and falls apart easily with a fork.

   ⚙ BakingOvenBaking pan
9. 9
   Take out the meat and let rest 15 minutes before carving.

   KnifeCutting board