Lamb Fricasse With Lettuce (Arni
Fricasse me Maroulia)
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Ingredients |
- 2 ½ lbs breast or shoulder
of lamb cut up into portions
- 2 medium onions sliced
- 5 spring onions with green
stems, sliced
- ½ cup butter
- 2 tablespoons flour
- juice of 1 lemon
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- 2 small lettuces cut as for
salad
- 4 cups hot water
- 2 tablespoons salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ½ cup chopped parsley or
dill
- 3 egg yolks
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Saute meat and onions in
butter. Sprinkle flour over meat and mix
well. Add lettuce, water, salt, pepper and
parsley or dill. Cover and simmer until meat
is tender (about 1 hour). Remove from heat.
For egg and lemon sauce: whisk egg yolks
with 2 tablespoons of water. Add lemon
juice. Add, by spoonfuls, about ½ cup of the
lamb gravy, whisking continuously. Pour egg
mixture gradually over meat and gravy,
stirring all the time. Serve hot. Makes 4
servings. |
