Spiced lamb stew with walnuts and pomegranate

Name: Spiced lamb stew with walnuts and pomegranate
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: british
Ingredients: 750 g quality roasting shoulder joint of lamb boneless; 2 tablespoons plain flour; sea salt; freshly ground black pepper; olive oil; 1 red onion peeled and finely sliced; 4 sticks celery trimmed and finely sliced; 4 cloves garlic peeled and finely sliced; ½ stick cinnamon; 100 g walnuts chopped; 2 bay leaves; 6 pomegranates; 1 bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley

With cinnamon, bay and fresh parsley

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“I love how the sweetness of this pomegranate lamb stew is balanced by the earthy walnuts ”

Serves 4

Cooks In2 hours

DifficultySuper easy

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Nutrition per serving

Calories 785 39%
Fat 58.4g 83%
Saturates 18.8g 94%
Sugars 18.3g 20%
Salt 1.36g 23%
Protein 39.1g 78%
Carbs 27.7g 11%
Fibre 2.6g -

Of an adult's reference intake

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Ingredients

750 g quality roasting shoulder joint of lamb , boneless
2 tablespoons plain flour
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
olive oil
1 red onion , peeled and finely sliced
4 sticks celery , trimmed and finely sliced
4 cloves garlic , peeled and finely sliced
½ stick cinnamon
100 g walnuts , chopped
2 bay leaves
6 pomegranates
1 bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley

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Method

Cut the lamb into thumb-sized cubes. Spike the flour with a teaspoon of sea salt and black pepper. Toss the lamb cubes in the seasoned flour.
Heat a large pan and pour in 2 tablespoons of olive oil. When the oil starts to smoke, add as many lamb pieces as will fit in one layer, cover with a lid and cook for a few minutes until soft and browned evenly. Remove from the pan, then repeat with the remaining cubes until they are all browned. Return all the lamb to the pan and turn the heat down.
Add the onion, celery, garlic, cinnamon, walnuts and bay leaves to the pan. Put the lid back on and cook very gently for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring often to make sure nothing sticks to the bottom of the pan, until the onion is softened.
Cut your pomegranates in half and ease out a few of the seeds and put to one side. Juice them as you would an orange or lemon. You should end up with about 500ml of juice. (If you can't find pomegranates, shop-bought cranberry juice works well instead.) Stir the juice into the lamb and top up with water to cover. Simmer very gently for 1½ hours, or until the lamb is tender, adding a little water now and then if the stew gets dry.
Remove and discard the cinnamon stick and bay leaves. Season to taste and sprinkle with the parsley and reserved pomegranate seeds. Lovely served with steaming hot saffron rice.