Italian lamb stew with rosemary & olives

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• Melanie

  2008-06-12 15:04:27.369286

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  Easy and tasty. Popular with my family (my children are 4 and 2). I used vege stock instead of wine and omitted the celery (not a family favourite!) Next time I'll halve the amount of lemon zest and juice - it overpowered the flavour slightly. Otherwise, the balance of the rosemary and olives with the lamb was just right. Mine turned out a lot more tomatoey looking than the photo! I served it with sliced toasted pitta bread for dipping in the juices.

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• misslools

  2008-08-14 15:00:50.912884

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  lovely dish, very tender lamb and the sauce goes great with polenta.

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• Donzie

  2008-09-09 13:20:05.217793

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  This is a superb recipe and sooo easy Delicious and highly recommend it!

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• Yummy-yummy

  2008-10-12 12:20:00.28065

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  Love this dish. So easy to make and just leave in the oven while you do other things. I didn't zest the lemon and I only used the juice of one as the dish actually tasted good without it. Not sure it would stretch to 12 people though. 7 came for dinner and we ate the lot.... perhaps we're greedy! But it was delicious :-)

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• Emma

  2008-11-05 11:20:03.799524

  Emma rated and commented on this recipe

  

  My family love this dish and it is so easy to prepare. Having tried different variations, now I use a bottle of white wine and about 350ml lamb stock, and then add 2 cups of lentils for the last half hour, and add the olives at the same time. Also, instead of the lemon, I slice a red chilli in half, leaving it on the stalk, and pop in the casserole at the beginning. This gives it a real kick - perfect after a long late autumn walk. I serve it with feta cheese and mint sprinkled on top (a tip from a Greek friend) - perfect!

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• coby

  2008-11-21 09:04:15.94663

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  Easy and delicious

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• twinmum

  2009-01-01 19:26:21.070179

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  Delicious and easy. We didn't have carrots so we substituted some parsnip and sweet potato. We also added the lemon carefully and it gave the dish a lovely fresh zing. Will definitely do again and recommend.

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• Anne

  2009-01-13 18:49:58.528297

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  delicious recipe ,better made the day before . i used leg meat to reduce the fat content.

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• SarahLou

  2009-02-19 08:31:12.729789

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  I loved the flavours in this, but as I made it for 2 and not 12 I might have got the balance wrong in terms of quantities. Still, it was lovely, and I'd make again.

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• Coleford

  2009-06-28 14:46:41.759402

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  I used lamb chops off the bone. Really enjoyed the sweet flavour.

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• Jill B

  2009-09-02 15:39:19.163372

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  Made this for a family dinner party, roughly halving the ingredients. It went really well and was highly praised. The left-overs were equally or even more delicious after being frozen and then re-heated several days later.

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• The Merry's

  2010-01-02 15:42:09.954732

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• Cecilie

  2010-01-06 17:54:44.81095

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• RhiannaJones

  2010-04-11 18:28:29.835725

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  I cooked this for my boyfriend and he wolfed it down. It ended up a little bit dry for my taste so I would make more sauce in future. Served it with a butternut squash gratin from the Ottolengi cook book (they used sweet potato but it worked beautifully with squash). Will definitely try this dish again and it would be great for a dinner party because you can just leave it and get on with enjoying your evening

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• Scoops

  2010-10-28 20:13:51.625398

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  Yum yum, did this tonight, added some cumin and a whole chilli then took chilli out at the end of cooking. Served with couscous, warm flatbread + yoghurt dip and roasted peppers stuffed with a little cheese melted, (saw the pepper thing on Jamie Oliver on tv) so it made a moroccan meal night :-) Was all very tasty, will definitely do it again.

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• Michela

  2010-11-07 10:19:30.492549

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  Easy and tasty!!!

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• dawnybugs

  2011-01-09 19:02:02.359612

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  One of our faves...

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• dawnybugs

  2011-01-09 19:03:24.212548

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• Annacav

  2011-04-25 07:45:03.396092

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  I made this exactly to the recipe and it was gorgeous - everything was beautifully balanced and everyone went back for more. I have to agree with the earlier comment that this might not stretch for 12 people - well definitely not 12 members of our greedy family !! A huge success.

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• The Cherub

  2011-05-09 11:23:41.453585

  The Cherub rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was really good and easy! Though definately not for 12! I pretty much halved everything and 2 of us ate it all! I served with a little rice but just a slice of crusty bread would have done. I cooked for 2 hours and followed advice using less lemon (juice of one half) It was almost too dry at the end but I got I out of the oven just in the nick of time! Lamb was beautifully tender! Will do again!

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Ingredients

• 2½kg boneless lamb shoulder , excess fat trimmed
• 4 tbsp flour , well seasoned for dusting
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 3 large onions , chopped
• 4 stalks celery , diced
• 4 carrots , peeled and diced
• 4 garlic cloves , sliced
• 2 tbsp chopped rosemary leaves
• 350ml white wine
• 2 x 400g tins plum tomatoes
• 20 black olives , pitted
• 2 lemons , zested and juiced
• a small bunch flat-leaf parsley , chopped

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Difficulty and servings

Serves 12

Preparation and cooking times

Ready in 3-3½ hours

Ingredients

• 2½kg boneless lamb shoulder , excess fat trimmed
• 4 tbsp flour , well seasoned for dusting
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 3 large onions , chopped
• 4 stalks celery , diced
• 4 carrots , peeled and diced
• 4 garlic cloves , sliced
• 2 tbsp chopped rosemary leaves
• 350ml white wine
• 2 x 400g tins plum tomatoes
• 20 black olives , pitted
• 2 lemons , zested and juiced
• a small bunch flat-leaf parsley , chopped

Per serving

489 kcalories, protein 41.6g, carbohydrate 14.1g, fat 28.9 g, saturated fat 13.9g, fibre 2.6g, salt 0.73 g

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