In the past week, I’ve made this lamb about 3 times, for every Xmas dinner this year and it has gone down such a treat! If you don’t want to cook it overnight you could also cook 150C for 4-5 hours. Sub ground spices for whole too! 1 Lamb Leg or Shoulder 5 Green Chillies 10 Cloves Garlic 4cm Knob Ginger 1 Onion 2 Tsp Flakey Salt 1 Cinnamon Stick 5 Cardamon Pods 1 Tsp Black Pepper 4 Cloves 2 Dried Limes 1 Tsp Chilli Flakes 1 Tsp Cumin Seeds 30g Walnuts 4 Tbsp Pomegranate Molasses 4 Tbsp Olive Oil Or Melted Butter 1 Orange Zest And Juice Of Half (Keep The Other Half To Roast In The Oven) 200g Shallots 2 Tbsp Butter 2 Tbsp Flour A Bunch Mint A Bunch Coriander A Bunch Parsley 1 Tbsp Coriander seeds Small Handful Pomegranate Seeds Char the chillies, garlic, ginger and onion on the hob so it’s charred (skip this if you don’t have a gas burner!) Toast the walnuts. Blitz up the whole spices Add the aromatics and flakey salt to a pestle and mortar and bash to form a thick paste. Add the spices and walnuts and continue to bash. Then add in the molasses, olive oil and orange zest and juice. Cut deep gashes into your lamb and spread over the spice rub. Add to a baking tray with your shallots and remaining orange. Pour in 500ml of water and cover tightly with foil. Bake in the oven at 100C for 10-12 hours, checking halfway to ensure there is plenty of liquid at the bottom of the pan. Meanwhile pick all the leaves off your herbs, careful not to have too many stems. Gravy: melt the butter in a pan and whisk in the flour. Cook for 2 mins then slowly drizzle in the lamb juices. Bring to a simmer and season with salt. Heat up 5 inches of vegetable oil in a pot to medium heat. Fry the herbs and seeds for 60 secs one at a time, standing well back as soon as they go into the hot oil because they will splatter furiously. Allow them all to drain on paper towels and sprinkle with salt (+ pinch of msg if you want!) Pour a ladle of gravy over the lamb, sprinkle with the crispy herbs and pomegranate and serve. #xmaslamb #xmascenterpiece #lamb #lambleg #lambshoulder #roastlamb #roastmeat #xmasrecipe #spicedlamb #xmas #christmaslamb #christmasrecipe