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    Lamb with Honey

    Servings: 4
    Preparation and cooking time: 120 minutes

    Ingredients:

  • 2 lbs.(1 kg) lamb
  • 4 onions
  • 1/2 lbs (300 g) bacon cubes
  • 1/4 cup (80 g) dried raisins
  • 2 Tablespoons honey
  • 2 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 Tablespoon flour
  • 2 Tablespoons (30 g) butter
  • Salt and pepper, 2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • Directions:

    Cut the lamb into 1 inch cubes. Place the pieces in a cooking pot with the olive oil over medium heat and cook for 5 minutes. Chop the onions and add to the meat as well as the bacon cubes. Salt and pepper to taste. Stir occasionally and continue cooking for 15 minutes.

    Cover the majority of the meat with water and cook over low heat for 1 hour.

    Add the raisins, honey, vinegar and cinnamon. Mix ingredients into meat mixture and continue cooking for 20 minutes.

    To thicken the sauce, melt the butter in a bowl, add the flour and mix. Then add 3-4 tablespoons of the sauce from the cooking pot to the butter mixture and mix. Pour this new mixture onto the meat and continue cooking for 5 minutes.

    Serve with potatoes or rice.

    Bon appétit !


 
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