Recipe

Mansaf Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Tippystclair / All my dishes 2 months, 2 weeks ago This is a very popular Levantine dish. The flavors are wonderful, and as mansaf means "explosion" in Arabic, you will find that the way it is served looks like an explosion! Use the Bharat spices recipe I have posted to flavor the yogurt sauce. Prep:30m Cook:120m Servings:8	Tippystclai
	labor intensive but really good try it and see its my alltime favorite dish

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Ingredients

2 large containers plain yogurt

1 to 3 strands saffron

2 lbs lamb , cut into chunks with bones attached (shanks are good, but any lamb meat with bones is good)

***You can use chicken, pork, goat or beef if you don't like lamb***

Water to boil meat and make stock

1/4 small white onion, chopped

1/2 tsp salt

2 Tbsp butter

3 oz slivered almonds

3 oz pine nuts

4 cups cooked white rice

1 box crisp Middle Eastern cracker bread

Very large platter for serving

Directions

*Follow directions precisely!*

In a large stock pot boil the meat and onion with enough water to cover by 4 inches. Boil until meat is tender and can be pulled off the bone by gently using a fork (1 to 2 hours).

In another stock pot or large pot pour in all of the yogurt before turning on heat.

On HIGH heat bring the yogurt to a boil.

CONSTANTLY STIR THE YOOGURT WITH A WOODEN SPOON.

**STIR IN ONE DIRECTION ONLY! iF YOU STIR LEFT, CONTINUE TO STIR LEFT. DO NOT REVERSE DIRECTION AT ANY TIME** If you reverse directions the yogurt will curdle.

As the yogurt is coming to a boil add the saffron.

Once yogurt comes to a boil immediately turn off heat.

Remove lamb from the other pot and strain the stock.

Add 2 to3 cups of stock to the yogurt pot (you may make the yogurt thinner by using 3 cups of stock, thicker by only using 2 cups).,STIR IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS BEFORE.

Add 1 Tbsp Bharat spice mixture (see post for this recipe). You may add another Tbsp if the taste is not spicy enough. STIR IN SAME DIRECTION AS BEFORE, JUST ENOUGH TO COMBINE INGREDIENTS.

Add salt. If sauce is not tart enough you can add lemon juice (up to 1/2 of a small lemon). STIR IN SAME DIRECTION AS BEFORE, JUST ENOUGH TO COMBINE INGREDIENTS.

Add lamb to the yogurt/broth mixture and bring to a boil once more. DO NOT STIR. Turn off heat once the mixture has come to a boil.

Brown the pine nuts and almonds with the butter in a small non-stick frying pan.

To serve:

Place the cracker bread on the platter.

Top the bread with all of the rice.

Place meat pieces on top of the rice.

Ladle on enough yogurt sauce to make the bread at the bottom very moist.

Pour the rest of the sauce into a large bowl for serving (you may use individual bowls if you wish).

Top the meat/ rice/bread/mixture with by liberally sprinklling the almonds and pine nuts over the top.

Set the platter in the middle of the table and let guests take their own portions by using a large serving spoon. Top the individual servings with yogurt sauce.

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Comments

maggiehc 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
YUm! I'm really in the mood for lamb too. This sounds really good. I love that there are both pine nuts and almonds.

momo_55grandma 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Good recipe

bluewaterandsand 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
I can not eat lamb but it sounds like a good recipe.

auntybea 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Tippy, I love middle eastern flavours, but don't like lamb. What do you think about substituting pork?

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