Seleq
- 1 leg of lamb (about 4 pounds), trimmed of excess fat, boned, and cut into 8 pieces
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- Salt and pepper
- 5 cups milk
- 4 cups long-grain rice
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter,melted
- Put the meat with the onions in a large pan.
- Cover with water, and add salt and pepper.
- Bring to the boil, remove any scum, and simmer for 2 hours, or until the meat is very tender.
- Lift out the meat and keep warm with a little broth poured over it.
- Add water to the broth in the pan if necessary to bring the volume up to 7 cups.
- Add the milk and bring to the boil.
- Then throw in the rice and cook very gently, covered, for about 30 minutes, or until it is very tender and creamy.
- Adjust the seasoning.
- Serve on a large tray with melted butter poured over the rice and the meat arranged on top.
- Here is a Moroccan way of cooking rice in milk: Boil 1 pound long- or medium-grain rice in plenty of salted water for 10 minutes and drain.
- Then cook in 5 cups milk to which have been added 3 cinnamon sticks, 3 or 4 grains mastic (pulverized by grinding with a pestle and mortar), 2 tablespoons orange-blossom water, and salt to taste.
- Simmer gently until all the liquid has been absorbed.
- Serve in a large dish with a meat stew on top.
- Egyptians do a rice similar to the Moroccans, flavoring it only with cinnamon and a touch of nutmeg.
lamb, onions, salt, milk, longgrain rice, butter
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/seleq-373522 (may not work)