Home alone tonight and since the oven was on for a long time today on a low heat making meringues and cake. I decided it was sensible to secrete at the bottom of the oven sealed in a cast iron casserole dish , a slow cook dish of lamb and prunes .
The prunes make a rich and delicious sauce with mouth melting lamb and a kick of chilli and star anise, its almost a tagine
Slow Cook Lamb with Prunes
200g of lamb shoulder or leg diced
100g of prunes
1 medium onion
2 cloves of garlic rougly chopped
4 dried red chilli crushed
2 star anise
2 tsp of coriander seeds
400g of tinned plum tomatoes
1 pint of water
1 tsp of olive oil
- Toast the chillis, star anise coriander seed .
- Finely grind the toasted spices
- Place the oil in a pan with the spices, onions and garlic
- Add the lamb cook until brown
- Finally add the tomatoes, water and prunes
- Bring to a gentle simmer cover and place in the oven on a low heat at 150degC for at least two hours
Serve with brown rice mixed with finely chopped fresh coriander leaves and toasted sesame sees
I love this kind of dish – no hassle, easy, fairly cheap and ready when you get home from work with zero effort.
Sometimes, it’s good not to have to actually cook, but still get something pretty good to eat.
I like the sound of combining prunes and lamb.
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