Navarin
- 2 pounds boneless lamb shoulder, cut into 1 1/2- to 2-inch cubes
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- Flour for dredging
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 large onion (unpeeled), quartered
- 2 carrots, roughly chopped
- 3 celery stalks, roughly chopped
- 1 head of garlic, cut in half along its equator
- 1 orange, halved
- 1/4 bunch of fresh thyme
- 1 clove
- 2 quarts Jus Roti (page 163) or veal stock, or as needed
- 4 waxy potatoes, boiled and quartered
- 1/2 cup frozen peas
- Preheat the oven to 375F.
- Season the lamb liberally with salt and pepper, then dredge it lightly in the flour.
- Heat the olive oil in a lidded large deep skillet or flameproof casserole over medium-high heat.
- When the oil is shimmering, add the lamb (working in batches, if necessary) and brown evenly on all sides, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Remove the meat from the pan and discard the fat.
- (You can also do the initial browning in the oven; see the headnote for Lamb Pilaf with Cinnamon, page 412.)
- Return the pan to the stove and add the butter, onion, carrots, and celery (you can add the garlic at this stage if you want a stronger garlic flavor in the dish).
- Cook over medium heat, stirring, until the vegetables soften and just begin to color, about 10 minutes.
- Squeeze the orange juice into the pan, scraping to get all the browned bits off the bottom of the pan, then add the meat, garlic, and thyme.
- Stick the clove through one of the halves of the juiced orange, reserving the other; add it and enough stock to barely cover the contents of the pan.
- Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and reduce to a simmer.
- Cover and transfer to the oven.
- Check the pan after 10 minutes to make sure it isnt boiling; if it is, lower the heat to 300F.
- Cook for an hour or more, as necessary, until the meat is tender and the liquid in the pan has reduced slightly.
- Remove the pan from the oven and transfer the braised meat to a platter or cutting board to rest.
- Strain the sauce, pressing on the vegetables to extract as much liquid as possible, then put the sauce in a pan on the stove and reduce it over high heat until thickened considerably.
- Discard the vegetables and the orange half.
- Warm the peas and potatoes in the sauce briefly, then divide them and the lamb among 4 serving plates.
- Pour the sauce through a strainer over each of the 4 portions.
- Zest the remaining half of the juiced orange and garnish each plate with a pinch of the zest.
- Serve immediately.
lamb shoulder, salt, flour, olive oil, butter, onion, carrots, celery stalks, garlic, orange, thyme, clove, jus, potatoes, frozen peas
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/navarin-386265 (may not work)