Slow Cooked Pulled Lamb with White Wine & Root Vegetables
One of our favourite dishes is lamb shanks which I have never made at home but really ought to! With this in mind my husband suggested that rather than roasting the leg of lamb we had, why didn’t I slow cook it to replicate the lamb shanks we both love.
So this is how Slow Cooked Pulled Lamb with White Wine & Root Vegetables came to be. As I’m getting to know and feel a lot more comfortable with my slow cooker I had a rummage around and found a little bottle of Prosecco that Sainsburys had kindly sent me and decided that that would give a lovely flavour to the dish.
I also had a butternut squash, carrots, parsnips and onion which would add a lovely sweetness and be a good accompaniment to the lamb. If I’d had some fresh rosemary I would have stuck some fronds into the lamb but I just had some dried so sprinkled that on instead!
I used to have a lovely big rosemary bush in my old house but since moving to our current one the Wisley Beetle just decimates any rosemary I try to grow so I’ve had to give up!
Anyway, I can’t tell you how delicious and succulent the lamb was. Even my daughter who is quite finicky about eating meat had seconds! With the cooking liquor I made gravy and for extra lushness you could melt in some redcurrant jelly which I will definitely do next time.
I added some extra roasted parsnips, peas and crispy coated roast potatoes to go alongside the vegetables that had been cooked with the lamb. I think it’s fair to say we were all in culinary heaven eating this dish. I can’t drink wine due to allergies but I shan’t complain if anyone wants to give us a bottle as this slow cooked lamb is divine!
Have you ever replicated a supermarket dish at home with success and if so what was it? Do let me know in the comments below!
As my Slow Cooked Pulled Lamb with White Wine & Root Vegetables uses rosemary I am entering it into Karen at Lavender & Lovage’s Cooking with Herbs challenge. prinSg lamb is very much in season so I’m entering Ren Behan’s Simple & in Season challenge. Likewise I am entering Four Seasons Food which is run by both Anneli at Delicieux and Louisa at Eat Your Veg who is also hosting this month! Extra Veg is another challenge. I’m entering Mark from Javelin Warrior’s Cookin w/luv Made with Love Mondays challenge as this dish is made from scratch! Last but by no means lease I’m entering Janice from Farmersgirl Kitchen’s Slow Cooker Challenge!
For more lamb inspiration you might like:
- 2 Ingredient Slow Cooker Roast Lamb
- Lamb Burning Love
- Lamb, Lentil & Vegetable Soup
- Slow Cooker Shoulder of Welsh Lamb with Apricot & Chestnut Stuffing
- Easy Lamb Hotpot
I’m sure you will love this luscious Slow Cooked Pulled Lamb with White Wine & Root Vegetables so do leave a comment below. You can also share you creation with me by tagging @FabFood4All on Instagram!
Slow Cooked Pulled Lamb with White Wine & Root Vegetables
Ingredients
- 1 Kg Half leg of lamb
- 350 g Butternut squash chopped
- 2 Carrots chopped
- 1 Parsnip chopped
- 1 Onion quartered
- 4 Cloves of garlic halved lengthways
- 4 Cloves of garlic crushed
- 200 ml White wine I used Prosecco
- 200 ml Vegetable stock
- ½ tsp Dried rosemary
- Freshly ground salt & pepper
Instructions
- Seal the lamb in a frying pan all over.
- Pearce the skin with a knife in eight places and slide in the halved garlic cloves.
- Place the butternut squash and onion in base of slow cooker.
- Place the lamb on top.
- Arrange the carrot, parsnip and crushed garlic around the lamb.
- Sprinkle on the rosemary and seasoning.
- Pour the wine and stock into the slow cooker.
- Cook on low for 6 hours or until meat is cooked and tender.
- Remove the lamb and pull apart with 2 forks.
- Strain off the cooking liquor and use to make your gravy, you could add some red currant jelly for extra lushness!
- Serve with the slow cooked vegetables, roast potatoes and a green vegetable of your choice.
Ursula Hunt
Looks like a gorgeous dish, making me hungry 🙂
Camilla
Thank you, do give it a go:-)
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry
I need to do more with my shiny red slow cooker. Somehow I forget I have it. Looks good.
Camilla
I was like that for years and now I use it more and more:-)
Carolyn Clapham
That sounds lovely. If the family come over this weekend, I know what I’m going to make them 🙂
Camilla
Thanks I do hope you all enjoy it:-)
Galina V
A lovely twist on a British classic.
Camilla
Thanks:-)
Maya Russell
Looks delicious. I like this slow cook recipe.
Camilla
Thanks Maya, it’s well worth making:-)
shaheen
I’m so sorry Camilla that I won’t be able to showcase it on this month #ExtraVeg Challenge as it is exclusively vegetarian and so is my blog – so I won’t be including it in the final round up, but I am so pleased that you have been able to enter it on many other blog challenges. KInd wishes, Shaheen
Camilla
I’m so sorry Shaheen for not paying closer attention. That’s the trouble with entering so many challenges you take you eye off the ball. It’s not the first time I’ve done this type of thing, do remove me from the linky I’ll try to read the small print next time LOL!
Fish Fingers for tea
Ooh, lamb! My very favourite meat but we have it so rarely, this looks lovely. I love melting some redcurrant jelly into gravy, totally lush!
Camilla
Thanks me too Sian. It was half price at Easter so we indulged, I shall cook all my lamb in the slow cooker from now on:-)
DANIELLE VEDMORE
Looks delicious! Lamb is a firm family favourite! Your roast potatoes look amazing! Could just eat that right now! xoxo
Camilla
Thank you Danielle, I should really have put a link to my Crispy Coated Roast Potatoes – they have a savoury semolina coating:-)
Javelin Warrior
I love the use of the prosecco to add flavor to the lamb – it sounds wonderful and so much tastier than using a red. Especially with the combination of root veggies. And using the slow-cooker is a perfect option for those busy days when you just want to come home to a hot meal…
Camilla
Thanks Mark, I’m going to experiment with all my roasts in the slow cooker now:-)
Miss. Lucinda Fountain
This ‘Slow Cooked Pulled Lamb with White Wine & Root Vegetables’ sounds utterly delicious and a really innovative dish – – very good!
The use of slow cooking makes the Lamb more succulent and a wonderful meal for the weekend, with a nice glass of wine it is a hearty dish!
Your inspired dish reminds me of when i replicated a dish with success…from ‘M&S’.
It was a Vegetable Penne –
basically Penne pasta with brocolli florets, petit pois, runner beans, pumpkin seads (bought in a small packet), some goats cheese and the juice of a lemon on top!
It was a really nice healthy pasta meal which i also added pieces of cold chicken on top! I love M&S food and so to be able to replicate one of their meals without having to buy it made-up from a packet was very satisfying.
I will be adding your recipe above to my cookbook.
Camilla
Thank you and glad you also had success at making a supermarket dish at home:-)