Omani Lamb Knuckle Shanks Soup Mazza Bishurba Food

OMANI LAMB KNUCKLE (SHANKS) SOUP (MAZZA BISHURBA)

Steps:

• Wash lamb shanks & place in a large soup pot.
• Add the water.
• Perice loomi (dried lime) on each side and add to the pot.
• Bring to a slow simmer over medium heat, skimming frequently as scum rises.
• When well skimmed and almost boiling, cover and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.
• In a frying pan gently fry onion in oil until transparent. Add spices and fry for a further 3 minutes.
• Add to the soup with tomatoes and salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
• Cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove lime and cinnimon bark and discard.
• Lift out lamb knukles and trim off meat.
• Cut meat into small peices and return to soup.
• Pick over rice and wash well, add to soup.
• Cover and simmer gently for 30 minutes or until rice is very tender.
• Serve hot with khoubiz (flat bead) and lemon halves to squeeze onto individual servings.
• Enjoy.

LAMB SHANKS WITH CHICKPEAS & MOROCCAN SPICES

Steps:

• Soak the chickpeas overnight. Drain, tip into a saucepan and cover generously with fresh cold water. Bring to the boil, simmer for 45 minutes and drain.
• Heat the oil in a large casserole and brown the lamb all over. Remove and set aside. Pour off most of the fat, leaving 1 tablespoon in the dish, add the onions and fry for 8-10 minutes until soft.
• Preheat the oven to 160C/Gas 3/fan oven 140C. Mix together the ginger, garlic, chillies, cumin, coriander, pepper and paprika. Add half of this to the onions, tip in the tomatoes and cook for 2-3 minutes. Put in the lamb and chickpeas, cover generously with water (about 850ml/11⁄2 pints), bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Cover and cook in the oven for 11⁄2-2 hours until the chickpeas are really tender. (You can prepare up to this stage the day before. Cool, cover and refrigerate. Bring back to simmering point before starting step 4.)
• Remove from the oven and stir in the remaining spice mixture, the saffron and cinnamon, carrots, apricots, honey and salt. Cover and return to the oven for 45 minutes-1 hour until the lamb is tender and the vegetables cooked. Scatter the almonds and coriander on top.

KNUCKLES OF LAMB IN RED WINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 160°C.
• Trim the knuckles--make them look neat exposing the bone.
• In a large frying pan heat the oil and fry the knuckles on all sides.
• Put into a large ovenproof dish with a lid, big enough to hold all the knuckles and vegetables.
• Repeat cooking until all the knuckles are sealed Add all the sliced veg in dish with lamb.
• Add the peppercorns, garlic, bay leaf, salt, honey and wine to the lamb and put into a slow oven for 2 hours.
• The lamb should be coming away from the bone when it is ready.
• Remove and put on to a dish and cover with tin foil.
• Put the rest on top of the heat and add the molasses sugar and soy and reduce to a third until it becomes syrupy and able to coat the lamb knuckles.
• Strain through a fine sieve into a smaller saucepan.
• Put the knuckles back into the oven-proof dish, coat with sauce and roast in the oven for 20 minutes.
• Baste the knuckles in a couple of times while cooking.

MROUZIA LAMB SHANKS

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Working in batches if needed, add the lamb shanks and cook until browned on each side, about 15 minutes. (Make sure that the oil is very hot before adding the meat; you should hear a sizzle when the meat touches the pan, otherwise it isn't hot enough.) The meat will be released naturally from the pan once browned on one side, so don't be tempted to turn it beforehand. Transfer the browned lamb shanks to a dish and set aside until ready to use.
• Reduce the heat under the pot to medium, add the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil, the onion, garlic, ras el hanout, salt, cinnamon and saffron and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Return the lamb shanks to the pan, add the stock and bring to a boil over high heat. (The meat of the shanks should be mostly covered, but not necessarily fully submerged in the stock.) Cover the pan, reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer gently, stirring occasionally, until the meat is fully cooked and fork tender, about 2 hours, depending on the size of your shanks. If it looks like there isn't enough liquid in the pan and the tagine is drying out at any point during the cooking process, add a couple tablespoons of water.
• Meanwhile, heat the oven to 400 degrees. Spread the almonds out on a cookie sheet and roast for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly golden, giving them a good stir halfway through to make sure that they roast evenly. Remove from the oven and leave until cool enough to handle, then grind using a food processor or crush with a rolling pin until coarsely ground. Set aside until ready to serve.
• Once the lamb shanks are fully cooked, remove them from the pan and set aside. Add the raisins and honey to the sauce and gently stir to combine. Cook, uncovered, over medium-low heat for about 35 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sauce has reduced to a syrup-like consistency and the raisins are plump.
• When the sauce is ready, return the lamb shanks to the pan to warm them through and coat them with the sauce. Garnish with almonds and serve immediately with fluffy couscous or crusty bread.

LEMON LAMB SOUP

Steps:

• Add water and salt and bring to boil.
• Add Lamb to boiling water. 30 minutes(you can debone the meat and cut to cubes first but add bones in water with the meat cubes I prefer to cube the meat after its boiled).
• Remove the meat and/or bones and the goop on top of boiling water.
• add the chopped fennel and boil for 5 minutes Med/high heat.
• add the potatoes and boil for 10 minutes.
• Re introduce the meat if you have not cubed it first and boil 5 minutes.
• Add the parsley and boil for 5 minutes.
• Squeeze the juice of the lemon into the soup watching for the seeds and boil for another 10 minutes.
• The preparation can happen during the boiling as there are distinct steps.

SOUP KAMBING (MALAYSIAN LAMB SOUP)

Steps:

• Trim some fat from chops.
• Melt fat in Dutch oven.
• Add chops and brown well.
• Add all remaining ingredients except flour and green onion.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer about 2 hours.
• Remove about 1/4 cup broth from pot and let cool (continue simmering soup in pot).
• Blend cooled broth with flour until smooth.
• Remove and discard lamb bones (meat should be falling apart).
• Stir in flour mixture.
• Cook and stir about 2 minutes, or until soup is slightly thickened.
• Sprinkle each serving with green onions.

RUSTIC LAMB SOUP FROM FLORENCE (MINESTRA DAGNELLO)

Steps:

• Chop finely the celery, carrot and onion and sauté in 3 tablespoons of olive oil. As soon as the onion begins to change colour, add the lamb and continue to cook. After a few minutes, add the wine and allow to evaporate completely, then add the tomatoes. Continue to cook over a low heat for about one hour, then add the broth.
• Finally add the noodles and cook for a few minutes.
• Serve with freshly ground pepper.