Description
If you're not sure about Lamb Heart Stew why not just give it a chance, I'm sure it'll blow away your expectations.
Ingredients
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- 30g (1/4 cup) flour
- 17g (1 tbsp) salt
- 2g (1 tsp) ground black pepper
- 900g (2lbs) lamb hearts, chopped
- 60ml (4 tbsp) vegetable oil
- 450g (1lb) onion, finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 450g (1lb) mushrooms, quartered
- 375ml (1 1/2 cups) red wine
- 1L (4 cups) beef, lamb or vegetable stock
- 14g (1 tbsp) tomato paste
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme
- 900g (2 lbs) potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 450g (1 lb) Chantenay / baby carrots
- parsley, for garnishing [optional]
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160°C / fan 140°C / 325°F / gas mark 3.
- Place the flour, salt and pepper in a large mixing bowl and stir.
- Toss the pieces of lamb heart in the seasoned flour until all surfaces are covered.
- Heat half of the oil in a large ovenproof casserole dish.
- Brown the dusted lamb hearts over a high heat, then transfer to a plate and set aside.
- Add the remaining oil to the pot and fry the onion over a medium heat for 5 minutes, until soft and translucent.
- Stir in the garlic and mushrooms and saute for another 3 minutes.
- Turn up the heat, then pour in the wine. Let it bubble for 5 minutes and don’t forget to stir well so that the pot is properly deglazed.
- Add the stock, tomato paste, bay leaves, thyme, potatoes and carrots.
- Give everything a good stir then transfer the casserole to the oven and cook for 2 hours, or until the lamb is tender.
- Serve immediately with crusty bread on the side. Enjoy!
Notes
- In this recipe, I used 4 lamb hearts.
- If you can’t get hold of fresh thyme you can use 2g (1 tsp) dried thyme.
- In this recipe, you can use standard carrots. Just peel them and cut them into chunky batons.
- Keep the size of the potatoes quite big to prevent smaller pieces from going to mush during the long cooking time.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 hours 20 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stew
- Cuisine: British