FollowI made two dishes the other day using lamb. One of the dishes I will share here and the other will be posted on my food blog- fantastic-foodrecipes when time permits. Lemon Basil Lamb and Potatoes was rather mild compared to the other dish. In order to save time, I used a pressure cooker in which you can read more about it here.
Ingredients-
5 lbs. lamb stew meat
5 or 6 potatoes
Fresh or dried basil leaves
Salt and pepper
Concentrated Lemon flavor such as Lemon It Up
Broth from the lamb
Method-
Rinse the lamb in lemon juice to kill bacteria. Place some cannola oil in pressure cooker, brown lamb on all sides. Meanwhile wash potatoes, do not peel them and set aside in a bowl. Once the lamb is brown, add approximately 2 cups water and lock lid on pressure cooker. I used an electric pressure cooker and set it on high pressure for 2 hours. Afterwards, release the pressure, and remove meat, set aside.
Add the cut potatoes to the lamb broth in the pressure cooker and set the pressure on high for 8 minutes. Release the pressure, remove potatoes.
Place some liquid from pressure cooker into a glass baking dish. Add the lamb on one side of the dish, then add the potatoes to the other side. Sprinkle the top of the lamb and the potatoes with fresh or dried basil. Then either use the juice from one lemon to sprinkle on top of the meat and potatoes. I used lemon seasoning for this dish.
Place the glass baking dish in an oven set at 350 degrees for approximately 1/2 hour. This will permit the basil and lemon to incorporate into the meal. If you prefer more of a roasted potato and lamb dinner, you could always add a little cannola oil instead of the broth. If you choose to do this make sure that you baste the oil over the meat and potatoes to crisp them up.
I hope that you try out this Lemon Basil Lamb and Potato recipe to see if it delights your palate!
