Lamb and tomato sauce, greek style

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 pounds Lean lamb shoulder - bone in
3 tablespoons Olive oil
2 cups Chicken stock; fresh or canned
1 cup Dry red wine
3 Garlic cloves; chopped fine
2 Onions; coarsely chopped
1 cup Fresh parsley; chopped
¼ teaspoon Ground allspice
¼ teaspoon Ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon Dried oregano
2 cups Coarsely-chopped fresh tomatoes
Freshly-ground black pepper; to taste
Salt; to taste

Directions

Cut the lamb into serving sized pieces. Heat a large frying pan and add the olive oil. Brown the cut-up pieces of lamb in two batches, on both sides.

Season to taste with the salt and pepper. Place the meat in a 6-quart casserole along with the broth and wine, leaving the oil in the frying pan.

Reheat the frying pan and saute the garlic and onions until clear. Add the remaining ingredients, except the final salt and pepper, and saute just until the tomatoes cook down a bit. Add this mixture to the casserole, along with salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a simmer, cover, and cook until the meat is very tender, about 1½ hours.

Comments: Lamb was raised in Greece from prehistoric times and remains the favorite meat of its people. The Greeks still have their own ancient traditions of eating lamb. This is a very common way of serving the favorite meat of Greece. Since it uses tomato we can assume the recipe is rather recent, only about

400 years old.

Recipe Source: THE FRUGAL GOURMET by Jeff Smith From the 10-30-1991 issue - The Springfield Union-News

Formatted for MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD - jpmd44a@...

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07-15-1994

Recipe by: Jeff Smith

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