This Spanish lamb recipe is taken from Nieves Barragan Mohacho’s new cookbook Sabor. It may be a labour of love to make all the different components of the dish but the resulting meal is full of flavour and perfect served as a dinner party main course.

A showstopping family curry, perfect for a special occasion. Pair the chunky spiced aubergine and turmeric-coated lamb cutlets with rice and cooling yogurt

Rack of lamb is the easiest cut of meat to cook and serve because there’s no tricky carving in front of your guests.

Waitrose Kitchen HERB-CRUSTED RACK OF LAMB WITH REDCURRANT GRAVY recipe on Waitrose.com. Visit the Waitrose website for more recipes and ideas.

A Mediterranean-style tray bake with sweet potato, peppers, courgettes and chunky onion

Try these lamb steaks with a Moroccan flavour

Aromatic, Indian spiced Lamb Chops served with a tangy and sweet cucumber and red onion salad is a delicious, easy healthy dinner recipe.

We’ve taken a classic shepherd’s pie up a notch with a rich, slow-cooked lamb shank filling and a crispy potato rösti-inspired topping.

Make this slow-cooker lamb shank recipe for chilly evenings when you need something simple and hearty. Serve with mash, fettuccine or a crispy baked potato

Impress friends and family at your next gathering with this succulent and comforting slow-roasted lamb recipe with wild oregano

Cook the lamb shanks until they’re just falling apart and they develop the most amazing flavours. Whatever you do, do NOT skip the mint oil or spring onions – it’s like switching on a light, and just that simple little touch makes the whole dish sing.

Swap the traditional roast for this slow-cooked hotpot. In this recipe lamb shanks are cooked until tender in red wine and then topped with crispy slices of potato – a guaranteed crowdpleaser. Or, for something quicker, take a look at this quick Lancashire hotpot.

Debbie Major’s braised lamb shanks are slow-cooked with onion, garlic, rosemary, thyme, bay and vinegar – which gives a bittersweet richness to the sauce.

Swap the traditional roast for this slow-cooked hotpot. In this recipe lamb shanks are cooked until tender in red wine and then topped with crispy slices of potato – a guaranteed crowdpleaser. Or, for something quicker, take a look at this quick Lancashire hotpot.

Lamb shanks are good value, and as each one is a portion, serving is a cinch. You can braise the shanks up to two days ahead

Once the initial faff of browning the meat is done, this dish requires very little effort and the resulting flavours are intense.

Melt-in-the-mouth lamb, slow-cooked with all those fantastically aromatic flavours of North Africa, and a sweet hit from the addition of apricots. Not quite right? These curried lamb shanks are similar.

Try Rick Stein's take on this traditional Greek moussaka, combining spiced lamb mince and creamy white sauce.

Cheap and tasty, this family favourite Shepherd's Pie recipe is a classic for good reason.

Try this recipe for authentic Spanish meatballs served with crispy patatas fritas.

Certainly more-ish, these Spanish lamb meatballs are made with lots of spices and served with crunchy patatas bravas.

Found this in Delicious magazine. It's a different way of making Shepherd's Pie, and one I really like. It takes a bit of time, but you could do the prep beforehand and bake it just before you need it. I use Bart's tamarind paste. The recipe suggests that this goes well with a bottle of Australian Cabernet-Shiraz. Well, who am I to argue on that one?

Spiced lamb and chickpea patties with yogurt, coriander and salad make the perfect filling for flatbread

Patrick Leigh Fermor's Moussaka a delicious take on a classic Greek recipe from Rick Stein's cookbook From Venice to Istanbul. Perfect for an informal dinner party or an extra-special family meal.

Middle-Eastern-spiced lamb pairs with salted cucumber, mint and chilli sauce in this flavour-packed lamb meatball recipe. Wondering what to do with the remaining harissa? We’ve got some nifty ways to use up leftover harissa, here.

These soft and tender aubergines filled with lamb ragu and topped with Manchego cheese are really delicious.

These soft and tender aubergines filled with lamb ragu and topped with Manchego cheese are really delicious.

Our Best Roast Lamb Recipes - The Happy Foodie

This rich, tender lamb curry has great depth of flavour – all you need to accompany it is a simple golden pilau rice and a refreshing cucumber and mint yogurt raita

Alex Mackay‘s spiced roast ’n’ braise lamb shoulder recipe is truly spectacular and deserves its place on any dinner party table, or as a Sunday roast main. In his own words: ” My roast ’n’ braise technique captures the flavour of a roast with the melting richness of a slow braise. I serve it with gravy-soaked freekeh and soft, savoury onions that get drunk on the lamb’s flavour and become as good as the meat itself.”

Slow roast lamb is amazingly tender. The rub contains rosemary, coriander, cumin and more for a flavourful twist on your standard Sunday roast.

Slow roast lamb is amazingly tender. The rub contains rosemary, coriander, cumin and more for a flavourful twist on your standard Sunday roast.

Swap your traditional roast lamb for Rick Stein's Greek slow-cooked lamb kleftiko. Roasted for over 2 hours with garlic, tomatoes, peppers and potatoes, the lamb is succulent and falls from the bone. Enjoy leftovers the next day in warm flatbread.

This dish from top chef Tom Kerridge contains beautiful flavours, is so easy to do and is the sort of dish that Tom loves cooking at home!

Savour every mouthful of this rich, comforting pie with red wine gravy and potato topping

Lamb is marinated in bold Middle Eastern flavours, slow-cooked to perfection and then covered in a garlicky buttermilk dressing. We’ve finished it off on the barbecue for 30 minutes too, to add extra smoky flavour. If you love the idea of lamb cooked in plenty of spice, then check out our harissa-spiced slow-roast lamb recipe for another spectacular showstopper.

This generous dish of melt-in-the-mouth lamb feels extravagant, but is an inexpensive way to feed a crowd

Perfectly marinated meat that melts in the mouth is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. Cook this roast for five hours, rest, then sprinkle with zesty gremolata

Melt-in-the-mouth lamb, slow-cooked with all those fantastically aromatic flavours of North Africa, and a sweet hit from the addition of apricots. Not quite right? These curried lamb shanks are similar.

Simmone Logue’s incredibly tender slow-roasted lamb shoulder recipe is perfect for a Sunday lunch or Easter roast. Like to take things slow and let the oven do the work? Then we’ve got the perfect roast pork belly recipe for you.

Melt-in-your-mouth lamb and warming Moroccan spices – this lamb tagine recipe is perfect served with warm flatbreads. Want something quicker? This lamb, date and spinach tagine is ready in just 30 minutes.

For a truly impressive Sunday lunch, try sticky, slow-roasted lamb – it’s marinated overnight to take the sweet, spicy flavours to the next level.

A lazy Sunday roast, that allows you to take it easy until your hungry friends turn up, hopefully with a nice bottle of Ribera del Duero.

Warm up with our easy slow cooker lamb stew, with aromatic spices and bags of flavour. This simple, crowd-pleasing dish takes just 10 minutes to prep

As seen on her BBC series, Mary Berry's Moroccan tagine-inspired one-pot lamb stew combines a range of spices to create a rich, deep, flavourful crowd-feeder.

This Moroccan-inspired, slow-cooked lamb dish is low in calories and only uses six ingredients. If you want to make it five, leave out the apricots – you’ll save on sugar too. If you're on a low-calorie diet, pair it with a low-calorie breakfast and/or lunch as it's a little over 500 calories. Each serving provides 522 kcal, 50g protein, 32g carbohydrates (of which 20g sugars), 19g fat (of which 7g saturates), 9g fibre and 0.5g salt. With a GI of 45 this meal is high protein, low GI.

This Moroccan-inspired, slow-cooked lamb dish is low in calories and only uses six ingredients. If you want to make it five, leave out the apricots – you’ll save on sugar too. If you're on a low-calorie diet, pair it with a low-calorie breakfast and/or lunch as it's a little over 500 calories. Each serving provides 522 kcal, 50g protein, 32g carbohydrates (of which 20g sugars), 19g fat (of which 7g saturates), 9g fibre and 0.5g salt. With a GI of 45 this meal is high protein, low GI.

This warming lamb and aubergine casserole is a delicious one pot wonder.

This familiar dish gets a Korean makeover that’s well worth the wait.

Try our tasty lamb recipes: from lamb shanks and slow-cooked lamb to lamb tagine and lamb casseroles. There's plenty to choose from!

Our easy, fragrant leg of lamb, served with a mint, almond and radish salad, is a crowd-pleasing spring roast perfect for Easter. It’s simple to prepare – all the hard work is done in the oven. Love the flavours of harissa? We’ve got a recipe for homemade harissa so you can make your own. Or, find more Easter lunch ideas in our Easter recipes collection.

Check out our easy slow-cooked lamb with crunchy autumnal veggies. This hearty one-pot is lovely served with cooked grains such as pearl barley or spelt

This authentic dish of meltingly tender leg of lamb is roasted with garlic, lemon and potatoes for an irresistible Sunday lunch centrepiece

Cooking succulent lamb and herby potatoes together means the potatoes absorb all the lovely juices

A miracle one-pan lamb recipe that's as easy as popping a pan in the oven. Rosemary, garlic, white wine and seasonal veg make this a show stopping family meal