Lamb has always been a favorite meat of the peoples of the East, it was there that the famous milk lambs were raised. The meat of young lambs is considered the most delicious, it has a light red color and white, elastic fat.
A little information
The following types of mutton exist: this is milk lamb meat (under the age of eight weeks), which is considered the most delicious and equates to a delicacy; young lamb meat (aged from three months to one year). Lamb is also considered the meat of sheep or rams having an age of more than one year.
Beneficial features
Lamb has many useful properties, it contains three times less fat than pork, for this reason boiled lamb is included in diet food. In addition, this type of meat does not contain cholesterol, improves the pancreas and prevents the occurrence of atherosclerosis.
The use of lamb in cooking
The preparation of lamb largely depends on the culinary traditions of the country. For example, in the East this meat is stewed with dates and boiled, in Mediterranean cuisine olive oil, tomatoes and wine are added to the lamb dishes, and northern peoples often cook such a dish as lamb stew (with potatoes and other vegetables).
It should be noted that seasonings such as oregano, thyme and marjoram are great for lamb . Marjoram softens the taste of lamb fat. If you don't like the taste of lamb fat, then you can simply remove it.
Braised lamb with potatoes is one of the simplest dishes that can be made from this type of meat. Cooking this dish will not take you much time and diversify your family diet.
So, we present to your attention a recipe: lamb stew with potatoes and vegetables.
To prepare this dish, we need the following ingredients: 130 grams of lamb, 15 grams of lamb fat, one onion, one carrot, 25 grams of tomato paste or two tomatoes, 200 grams of potatoes and a bunch of dill or parsley, pepper and salt.
Caution: the amount of ingredients in this recipe is calculated per serving.
Preparation: Cut lamb into small pieces, salt and pepper. Cut the carrots into cubes, and onions in half rings. Next, in a deep pan, melt the mutton fat and fry the onion, carrots and mutton cubes on it. Add tomato paste or chopped tomatoes, cover with water, cover and simmer for about 25 minutes.
Next, add potatoes, salt and pepper it, and continue stewing meat and vegetables until they are ready. At the end of the cooking process, sprinkle the meat with finely chopped greens.
Braised lamb with potatoes and vegetables served with red wine.
The next dish has the same simple preparation as the previous one.
Amazing mutton stew (with prunes)
The ingredients of the dish: 130 grams of mutton meat, 35 grams of pitted prunes, one onion, 20 grams of tomato paste or two tomatoes, 15 grams of mutton fat, pepper, salt and herbs. Make a sauce of 5 grams of sugar, 8 grams of 6% vinegar and a pinch of cloves and cinnamon.
Caution: the amount of ingredients in this recipe is calculated per serving. The dish will be ready in half an hour!
Preparation: chop the lamb into small pieces, salt. Melt the mutton fat in a deep pan, add the meat, finely chopped onions, tomato paste and stew the meat for half an hour.
Then add pre-washed pitted prunes, sauce, cover the pan and simmer the meat. 10 minutes before the end of the stew, add prunes, sauce and stew the meat until it is ready. Serve the dish with finely chopped herbs.
As you yourself have seen, cooking dishes such as lamb with potatoes and vegetables, as well as with prunes will not take you much time, but significantly diversify your family diet and turn your regular dinner into a festive one.
Good appetite!