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🍽️ Tender Lamb with Dried Fruits

502 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 700 g lamb shoulder (boneless)
• 2 onions
• 3 garlic cloves
• 400 g dried apricots
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 400 ml vegetable broth
• 1 tsp turmeric
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 2 pinches saffron
• cinnamon

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the lamb meat under running water.
2. 2. Pat the meat completely dry with kitchen towels.
3. 3. Remove visible fat and sinews from the meat.
4. 4. Cut the lamb meat into cubes of about two centimeters.
5. 5. Place the apricots in a bowl.
6. 6. Cover the apricots with water to let them soften.
7. 7. Peel the onions.
8. 8. Peel the garlic cloves.
9. 9. Chop the onions and garlic very finely.
10. 10. Take out 100 grams of the apricots.
11. 11. Chop these 100 grams of apricots small.
12. 12. Heat the oil in a large pot.
13. 13. Brown the lamb cubes, onions, and garlic in it.
14. 14. Stir constantly while doing so.
15. 15. Pour the vegetable broth into the pot.
16. 16. Season the dish generously with turmeric.
17. 17. Add salt.
18. 18. Add pepper.
19. 19. Stir in the chopped apricots.
20. 20. Cover the pot with a lid.
21. 21. Let the dish simmer on low heat for 40 minutes.
22. 22. Remove the lid from the pot.
23. 23. Add the remaining whole dried fruits.
24. 24. Cook the dish for another 15 to 20 minutes over medium heat.
25. 25. Season the dish with saffron.
26. 26. Season the dish with cinnamon.
27. 27. Adjust the amount of salt to taste.
28. 28. Adjust the amount of pepper to taste.
29. 29. Let everything simmer on very low heat for about 5 more minutes.
30. 30. Taste the lamb ragout once more.
31. 31. Adjust the spices if necessary.
32. 32. Serve the dish hot.
33. 33. Serve it together with couscous.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 502
• Protein: 34 g · Fett/Fat: 36 g · Carbs: 11 g