Lamb is the protein of choice when it comes to slow cooking. As always, it’s the secondary cuts that will be your saviour for slow-cooked lamb recipes, provided you have a bit of time on your side. Whether you want to throw a lamb shoulder in the slow cooker or slow roast a lamb leg in the oven, a slow-cooked cut of lamb results in magnitudes of flavour.
Our lamb shoulder with Israeli couscous and labne delivers tender, fall-apart meat, as does Shane Delia’s recipe for 12-hour roast lamb shoulder with pistachio and green-olive tabbouleh. Plus, pasta master Sarah Cicolini’s fusilli with lamb ragù, heady with garlic and lemon rind, is not to be overlooked — and we recommend serving with plenty of cracked pepper.
We also have slow-cooked lamb recipes such as a comforting Greek lamb stew and Iranian-style lamb shoulder on the bone served with spiced rice. There’s also lamb cooked slowly in stews, in braises, in curries – the hard bit will be deciding which lamb recipe for the slow cooker to choose.
Here are our best slow-cooked lamb recipes for 2024.
Slow-cooked lamb shoulder with black garlic and mint persillade
Lamb ragù pappardelle with pumpkin
Slow-roasted lamb shoulder with Brussels sprout slaw
(Credits: Ben Dearnley)Slow-roasted lamb shoulder with Brussels sprout slaw
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Sarah Cicolini’s fusilli con ragù di agnello (fusilli with lamb ragù)
Greg Malouf’s baharat lamb shoulder with onions and moghrabieh
Roast lamb neck with kale, feta and dill
(Credits: Ben Dearnley)Roast lamb neck with kale, feta and dill
Templo’s lamb belly with pearl barley
(Credits: William Meppem)Templo’s lamb belly with pearl barley
Guy Grossi’s abbacchio alla Romana
(Credits: William Meppem)Guy Grossi’s abbacchio alla Romana
Shane Delia: 12-hour roast lamb with pistachio and green-olive tabbouleh
(Credits: William Meppem)Shane Delia’s 12-hour roast lamb with pistachio and green-olive tabbouleh
Braised pumpkin and lamb neck
(Credits: William Meppem)Braised pumpkin and lamb neck
Lamb shoulder and bean stew
Greek-style lamb shoulder and bean stew
Slow-roasted lamb shoulder with pistachios, pomegranate and vine leaves
(Credits: Ben Dearnley)Sean McConnell’s slow-roasted lamb shoulder with pistachios, pomegranate and vine leaves
Paul Carmichael’s curried lamb leg
(Credits: Prue Ruscoe)Paul Carmichael’s curried lamb leg
Tom McHugo’s lamb and duchess potato pie
Shawarma-spiced roast lamb leg with beetroot sauce
(Credits: Ben Dearnley)Shawarma-spiced roast lamb leg with beetroot sauce
Buttermilk-brined lamb shoulder with harissa
(Credits: Ben Dearnley)Dave Pynt’s buttermilk-brined lamb shoulder with harissa
Iranian-style lamb shoulder with cranberry and pistachio spiced rice
(Credits: William Meppem)Iranian-style lamb shoulder with cranberry and pistachio spiced rice
Rich thanks to hours of slow-cooking.
Pinbone’s lamb shoulder ragù with gnocchetti
Slow roasted lamb shoulder with yellow bean, cumin and chilli
(Credits: Ben Dearnley)Rick Shores’ slow roasted lamb shoulder with yellow bean, cumin and chilli
Slow-roasted spiced lamb
(Credits: William Meppem)Jonathan Barthlemess’s slow-roasted spiced lamb with tzatziki and lemon potatoes
Andew McConnell: Lamb with cumin
(Credits: Sharyn Cairns)Andew McConnell’s lamb with cumin
Eight-hour lamb shoulder with pearl couscous and labne
Twelve-hour spiced lamb shoulder with saffron pilaf
(Credits: Ben Dearnley)Twelve-hour spiced lamb shoulder with saffron pilaf
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