Slow-Roasted Shoulder of Lamb

This dish is fantastic for a summer dinner. It really ends up as shredded lamb shoulder; you can cut the lamb with a spoon but I like to shred it off the bone and have a little spicy tomato relish and some fresh salad to serve with it. The shoulder is perfect for this recipe as it has so much connective tissue; you would be hard pressed to find a lamb dish with more flavour. You can use ground spices for this dish, as indeed you can for many others, but you will get a better result if you u