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Menestra recipe with lamb

This recipe takes longer to cook, but most of the time it can simmer unatended. It is worth because it combines vegetables and meat and you can choose whatever vegetables you want. Easy to please the most demanding palate.

Stewing meat and vegetables together keeps the food moist. The result is a succulent dish, perfectly cooked and not dry at all.

Lamb menestra recipe

This version is a meal on its own. To serve as an appetizer, halve the meat or just skip it. You can also change the vegetables to suit your taste.

Ingredients

2 lb    shoulder or leg of lamb meat, cut into neat pieces - also good on the bone   1 cup    artichoke hearts, halved   1 cup    trimmed and washed Brussels sprouts   1 cup    shelled broad beans - just top and tail and keep them on the shell if very young and tender   2 cups    shelled peas   2 cups    cauliflower florets   1 Tbs    flour

1/2 tsp    paprika   1   medium onion, minced   1/2 cup    white wine   1   bay leaf   1/3 cup    olive oil   2 cups    diced potatoes

Procedure

1. Heat up the oil in a big pan over a medium low heat. Fry the onion gently until soft and translucent, 5 to 6 minutes.
2. Add the meat. Fry until light golden brown, turning often. Add vegetables, sautee on medium-low heat until they start to soften, 10 to 15 minutes. Add paprika, and flour, cook a further 1 to 2 minutes.
3. Add the wine, stir and just cover with water. Add the bay leaf, season. Bring slowly to the boil, lower heat, cover pan and simmer gently for 1 hour or until meat is tender.
4. Minutes before finishing, fry potatoes. Add just before serving.

Servings: 4 Yield: 4 to 6 Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 1 hour and 20 minutes   Serving size: 1 serving Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet. Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.

Amount Per Serving       Calories   475.76   Calories From Fat (38%)   182.70       % Daily Value Total Fat 20.20g   31%   Saturated Fat 4.47g   22%   Cholesterol 99.79mg   33%   Sodium 268.86mg   11%   Potassium 1262.56mg   36%   Carbohydrates 32.43g   11%   Dietary Fiber 7.53g   30%   Sugar 4.47g       Sugar Alcohols 0.00g       Net Carbohydrates 24.91g       Protein 38.91g   78%

Cooking Tips

• If you don't hav fresh vegetables at hand, use frozen vegetables.

 

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