Lamb Flatbreads with Pomegranate Salad and yoghurt sauce

Serves 12 (easily halved)

Preheat oven to 160 fan (180c convection) 

Ingredients

Marinade
8 tbsp pomegranate molasses
2 tsp cumin
juice 2 lemons
4 garlic cloves crushed
2, 1.5 legs of lamb scored lightly
2 red onions roughly chopped

Salad

Tub pomegranate seeds
2 handfuls flat leaf parsley (reserve some to serve and scatter over lamb)
200g watercress
2 red onions diced
2 tbsp olive oil

Yoghurt sauce

400 mil greek yog
Handful mint, parsely finely chopped (reserve some to serve and scatter over lamb)
2 cloves garlic finely chopped
seasoning 
juice half a lemon
1 tsp cumin

Flatbreads - at least 2 each

Method

Mix marinade ingredients in a bowl: molasses, cumin, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic

Scatter onion in casserole dish or deep roasting tin

Put lamb on top and pour over glaze.

Add 400ml of water to the bowl the marinade was in to rinse then pour around - not over - the lamb. 

Cover the dish and roast for 3 hours

Remove lid and roast for 30 mins to bring some colour to the lamb

Pour off juice and remove fat then add a little juice to the sliced lamb on a serving plate and scatter some chopped herbs and pomegrante with the rest served in a jub alongside.

Toss salad ingredients together and place on a serving dish

Amalgamate yoghurt ingredients and pop in a serving dish topped with a sprig of mint

Serve with warm flatbreads

Enjoy!

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