Lamb shoulder diced

[Telemichus]

I accidentally bought this & it’s tea tonight. No idea what I’m doing, I have started a marinade with yoghurt,garlic, cumin, coriander, bit of salt, bit of paprika bit of oil & vinegar
no barbecue, not really much shops access
i am bad at frying, but wondered if i could put them in the oven. Would you rinse off the marinade before baking/roasting? I only have the vaguest idea of an aim towards Mediterranean/Middle Eastern style

I’m thinking a yoghurt & cucumber dip/ dressing. Maybe those Jamie Oliver flatbreads or some rice. qny ideas or thoughts very welcome, brain just upped and left.

I’d wipe off the marinade and turn it into Giouvetsi (other spellings are available!)

I will look that up, thank you. I have just found a lemon. I don’t know if that will help or not

I'd stick the whole lot (marinade and all) on a baking tray and bung it in the preheated oven at 180 for half an hour, then serve it with salad, flatbread and your cucumber yoghurt. Have you got any dried oregano you can add to the marinade?

I’d thread them onto a skewer and grill them
as kebabs (leave marinade on).

Not sure if the grill is working! I think there might be oregano & it might even still be okay, I will hunt it out. Thank you, calming down a bit now!

Generally, lamb shoulder is a long and slow cooking type of meat. As its already diced though and its a few hours before dinner I'd start cooking it now, but on a low heat. By the time you are ready to eat, it should fall apart and be tender. 😋

Finely slice a d soften an onion, letting it brown. Stir in a splodge of tomato puree and keep on cooking on low for a few minutes. Add your lamb,turn the heat up, give it all a stir and let it brown a little then add a little water to cover, put a lid on it and simmer slowly for 90 minutes or so.

It should be very tender when cooked.

I adore you, this is basically what I did but a bit longer & it worked & everyone ate it!

I'm so pleased for you - lamb shoulder is one of those things (like flank steak and calamari) that need either LOADS of cooking or hardly any at all.

It would be fair to say I also wasn’t in an emotional state for making it up as I went along which usually works for me.

Lamb shoulder! Sounds horrific. Poor little lamb.
And I'm not a vegetarian.

Well really it was hogget, so not a little lamb really.

I always do a curry with lamb shoulder.

It’s ok. It still had one left.

😂 heartless!

I think that bit goes into Haggis!

Would it be any better if it was leg of lamb or chicken breast or shin of beef? I genuinely don't understand this squeamishness. If an animal's going to be killed so humans can eat it, surely it makes sense for every bit of the animal to be used in some way.

Anyway, OP, glad that worked! Sounded really nice. I bet the marinade helped a lot with the flavour and tenderness.