Lamb Fricassee Recipe

Lamb Fricassee Recipe

Ingredients

• recipe for: Arni Fricase Me Kremmithakia Ke Maroulia Lamb
• Serving Size : 6
• 5 pounds shoulder or back of lamb
• 3/4 cup butter
• 10 scallions
• water as needed
• coarse salt
• 3 heads lettuce
• 2 tablespoons dill – chopped or to taste
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 lemons – juice only

Method

1. Cut lamb into serving-size strips.
2. Place in pot with the butter.
3. Clean scallions; chop the white part into small pieces and the greens into larger ones (about 1 1/2 long); add to meat
4. Add 1/2 cup water and a little coarse salt; cook over medium heat for about 1 hour
5. Clean lettuce and cut into 2-inch pieces.
6. As soon as meat has absorbed the water it will begin to brown in the butter but do not let the scallions brown.
7. Add dill, lettuce, salt and pepper.
8. Cover pot and simmer over low heat for about 15 min If it is needed, add a little water toward the end of the cooking time (not in the beginning, because then the lettuce will exude water).
9. Beat egg yolks with 2 tbsp of water, add the juice from the lemons, and beat it in well
10. Add a little of the liquid from the pot, beating constantly.
11. Pour this sauce back into the pot and shake the pot gently to mix the sauce with the food.
12. Serve immediately.

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