Was inteh mood for a good stew this week. A bit cold a few evenings.

GREEK LAMB STEW

Serves 6

Amount Measure Ingredient
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1/4 cup All-purpose flour
Salt
Black pepper
3 lb Lamb -- cut into 2" cubes
1/4 cup Olive oil
1 Bay leaf
1/4 tsp ground thyme
1/4 tsp Dried rosemary
1 Clove Garlic
2 cup Chicken stock
1 cup White wine [Boutari Kallisti Santorinin]
1 can Tomato sauce
2 Small white onions -- blanched
1/2 cup Black olives -- pitted

Season flour with salt and pepper and dredge lamb cubes in it.
Heat olive oil in large soup kettle over medium high heat.
Brown lamb cubes in oil.
Sprinkle herbs and garlic over lamb and add stock, wine, and tomato sauce.
Season with additional salt and pepper to taste.
Simmer over medium heat for 1-1/2 hours.
Add blanched onions and olives.
Simmer 1/2 hour longer.

Serve with a Greek beer or wine [Notios White]

Flat bread would be nice to clean out the bowl.

Sounds good. I love greek food and nothing is more greek than lamb. Did you use lamb leg or some other cut?

I think it might be good to saute the onion in the kettle (if that wouldn't kick up the onion flavor too far) and I would definitely use fresh rosemary before dried if available.

Very cool! I love people posting recipes

Use a leg of lamb.

We try to use fresh herbs all the time. Hate the frozen and packaged stuff. They sort of lose taste.

That does sound good. I may give that a try and open a Syrah or Rhone with it.

Sounds good. I'll use fresh herbs (the only dried herb I like is dried Oregano). I may also use vegetable stock rather than chicken stock. But all-in-all sounds good. I bet the recipie would work very will with lamb shanks, as well as the cubes of leg meat....


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I like dried rubbed sage better than fresh sage leaf.

Edward, this recipe kicks ass. Very easy to make and delicious. Enjoyed it tonight with a bottle of 2001 Don Melchor....a great pairing.

Can't wait for leftovers tomorrow.