Scotch Lamb Muckle Pie: Lamb for St Andrew's Day 2024 Recipe

Ingredients

• 1kg Scotch Lamb shoulder – deboned (alternatively, diced Scotch Lamb will work too!)
• 1 carrot, peeled and chopped into chunks
• 1 celery stick, chopped into chunks
• 2 shallots, peeled and chopped into wedges
• ½ leek, roughly chopped
• 150ml white wine
• 1 bay leaf / 1 sprig rosemary / 1 sprig thyme/
• 15g Ras el Hanout / 5g cumin (alternative for Ras el Hanout: Mix equal quantities of ground paprika, ground coriander and ground ginger and a pinch of saffron)
• 2L lamb stock
• 360g puff pastry
• 10g chopped coriander (to finish)
• Vegetable oil
• Salt
• Freshly milled black pepper
• Scotch Lamb Braising Juices – reduced until correct consistency
• 25g lilliput caper
• 25g cornichon, diced
• 10g chives, chopped