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Oven-Roasted Shoulder
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Oven-Roasted Shoulder

A whole shoulder cut for roasting (beef or lamb), seasoned with oil, paprika and herbs, sometimes with garlic cloves in slits, baked in a pan with root vegetables and a little water or stock, covered with foil for many hours until tender, and uncovered at the end to brown.

⏱ 2 hr 45 min

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 180°C (355°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.
  2. 2
    Place the meat in a large baking pan and arrange the potatoes, carrot, onion and garlic cloves around it.
    Baking pan
  3. 3
    Mix the olive oil, paprika, salt and black pepper and spread the mixture over the meat and the vegetables.
    Bowl
  4. 4
    Pour the water into the bottom of the pan.
  5. 5
    Bake tightly covered with foil 120 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.
  6. 6
    Bake without the foil 30 minutes, until the meat is browned, tender and falls apart easily with a fork.
    ⚙ BakingOvenBaking pan
565calories
64 gprotein
35 gcarbs
18 gfat
● protein 46%● carbs 25%● fat 29%

Per serving (582 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

🧻 Consumables: Aluminum foil

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Potatoes · carrot · onion · Whole garlic cloves · Garlic cloves in slits · Smoked paprika · Sweet paprika · Rosemary · Thyme · Cumin · Water in the bottom of the pan · Stock in the bottom of the pan · Oil for the vegetables · Rest before cutting (minutes) (15) · Red wine · Rosemary sprigs on top · Crushed garlic in the rub · Cinnamon · Resting in the rub (minutes) (30) · Lemon juice in the bottom of the pan · Cherry tomatoes around it · Bay leaves · Out of the fridge before baking (1 hour) · Rosemary sprigs in slits · Lemon juice in the mixture · Lemon juice when uncovered · Thyme sprigs on top · First roast at high heat, without liquids (minutes) (20) · Higher heat once uncovered (220) · Serving (the roasting juices) · Soy sauce · Turmeric · Tomatoes on top · Saffron dissolved in water · Chopped herbs for sprinkling · Ground coriander · Ground cardamom · Allspice · Uncovered baking at the low heat (minutes) (90) · Browning on all sides (total minutes) (5) · Honey in the rub · Mustard in the rub · Baharat
  • Covered baking (minutes): 120
  • Uncovered baking (minutes): 30
  • Browning per side (minutes): 3
  • Heat after the first roast: 160
  • How long in the fridge in the rub: overnight
  • Cue for the end of covered baking: softens

⇄ Alternative recipes

Pot Roast · Roast Beef

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