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Fasolakia With Lamb Or Veal Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Ivy / All my dishes 1 year ago A friend here in Group recipes asked me if I had a recipe for this dish. Well everyone in Greece and Cyprus have a recipe for this dish. This is how my mother used to cook it. I skip the meat and just use all the other ingredients but a few more potatoes.... More Prep:30m Cook:60m Servings:4	Ivy
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Ingredients

1/3 cup olive oil

3 medium onions, sliced

2 lbs of fasolakia (runner beans), washed and ends broken off

5 cloves of garlic, sliced

1/2 bunch of parsley, chopped

2 Tbsp. of finely chopped mint

1/2 bunch of dill, chopped

3 large ripe tomatoes, passed through a box grater (skins discarded) or 3/4 cup pomodoro sauce

1 kg. or 2 lbs. of good stewing lamb or veal, cut into large portion sized pieces

salt & pepper

2 large potatoes, skinned

Directions

Using a pressure cooker, place your lamb or veal (season with salt & pepper) and enough water to cover your meat in the vessel. Close the cooker (according to manufacturer's instructions), bring it to a whistle, lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Allow sufficient time for the pressure to subside, open your pressure cooker and reserve the meat and good veal/lamb stock.

In the same pressure cooker (now you're simply using it for braising), add your olive oil and onions and saute for 5 minutes to soften. Now add your beans, garlic, parsley, dill, mint, tomato and bring to a boil. Season with salt & pepper, cover the pot and lower the heat. Simmer for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, add your veal/lamb, some of the stock (depends how thick or thin you like your stew) and the potatoes and simmer for another 30 minutes. Adjust for seasoning and serve.

(FYI...no need for a knife here as the meat is fork tender, moist and flaky).

If you do not use a pressure cooker use a stewing pan but it needs much more time to cook (about 1 h 30 mnts).

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Comments

zanna 1 year ago said:
LOOKS GREAT AND I LOVE LAMB AND ALWAYS GARLIC.THANKS

peetabear 1 year ago said:
Thank you so much. I will ask him if this sounds right.. but he will love it.. we all went to a Greek Festival last night.. My Mother, and our friend, Pete, his son, myself and my husband.. we had a great time.. and the food was wonderful.. thannk you again for posting the lamb stew recipe.

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