Busy-Day Lamb Ragout Recipe
Ingredients
| 2 pounds lean boneless lamb shoulder | ||
| Mushrooms | 1 Can (10oz), sliced | |
| Salt | 2 Teaspoon | |
| 1 teaspoon fines herbes | ||
| 1/2 cup bottled cranberry-apple juice | ||
| Water | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Lima beans package | 1 , frozen | |
| 2 medium-size yellow squashes, trimmed and cut in 3-inch-long sticks | ||
| All purpose flour | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
Directions
1 Trim any fat from lamb; cut lamb into 1-inch cubes.
Combine with mushrooms and liquid, salt, herbs, cranberry-apple juice and 1/2 cup of the water in a kettle or Dutch oven; cover.
Heat to boiling.
2 Simmer 1 hour, or until lamb is almost tender.
Add frozen lima beans and squashes; cever again.
Simmer 30 minutes longer, or until lamb and vegetables are tender.
3 Remove the lamb and vegetables from kettle with a slotted spoon to heated individual serving bowls or soup plates, or one large bowl; keep warm while making gravy.
4 Pour liquid into a 2-cup measure; add water, if needed, to make 2 cups; return to kettle.
5 Blend flour into remaining 1/2 cup water until smooth in a cup; stir into liquid in kettle.
Cook, stirring constantly, until gravy thickens and boils 1 minute; pour over meat mixture.
Garnish with watercress and serve with thick slices of crusty French bread, buttered and toasted hard rolls, or sesame-seed wafers, if you wish.
Combine with mushrooms and liquid, salt, herbs, cranberry-apple juice and 1/2 cup of the water in a kettle or Dutch oven; cover.
Heat to boiling.
2 Simmer 1 hour, or until lamb is almost tender.
Add frozen lima beans and squashes; cever again.
Simmer 30 minutes longer, or until lamb and vegetables are tender.
3 Remove the lamb and vegetables from kettle with a slotted spoon to heated individual serving bowls or soup plates, or one large bowl; keep warm while making gravy.
4 Pour liquid into a 2-cup measure; add water, if needed, to make 2 cups; return to kettle.
5 Blend flour into remaining 1/2 cup water until smooth in a cup; stir into liquid in kettle.
Cook, stirring constantly, until gravy thickens and boils 1 minute; pour over meat mixture.
Garnish with watercress and serve with thick slices of crusty French bread, buttered and toasted hard rolls, or sesame-seed wafers, if you wish.
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