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Slow-roast Persian lamb with pomegranate salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Slow-roast Persian lamb with pomegranate salad

13 ingredients 20 min Serves 6 openrecipes
Slow-roast Persian lamb with pomegranate salad

This sweet, meltingly-tender lamb makes a show-stopping dinner party dish

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

616
Calories
30g
Protein
36g
Fat
48g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Lamb 100g cooked 294
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Pomegranate 1/2 cup seeds (87g) 72
Molasses 1 tbsp (20g) 58
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Watercress 1 cup (34g) 4
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Seed not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp pomegranate molasses
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • juice 1 lemon
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves , minced
  • 1 onion , roughly chopped
  • 1 shoulder of lamb , weighing about 1.6kg, lightly scored
  • seeds 2 pomegranates
  • handful flat-leaf parsley leaves
  • 100g bag watercress
  • 1 small red onion , finely diced
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • flatbreads , to serve

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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