Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

Karen Mintzias 1 lg Cinnamon bark piece
6 Lamb leg or shoulder chops Salt
-(thickly cut) Freshly ground black pepper
1/4 c Butter or corn oil 4 c Boiling water or stock
1 lg Onion; finely chopped -(more if necessary)
1 c Tomato puree 2 c Orzo or kritharaki
1 c Chopped, peeled tomatoes 1/4 c Grated kefalotiri cheese
3 Cloves 1/2 c Diced haloumy or feta cheese

Oven temperature: 180øC (350øF) Cooking time: 2 hours

Have meat retailer cut chops about 4 cm (1-1/4 inches) thick. Alternatively
purchace a leg of lamb and have it cut into 6 pieces.

Place lamb in a baking dish and spread or pour oil or butter on top. Bake
in a moderate oven for 20 minutes.

Add onion to dish and return to oven for further 10 minutes. Add tomato
puree, chopped tomatoes, cloves, cinnamon bark and salt and pepper to
taste. Baste meat with liquid and cook for futher hour until meat is
tender, adding a little of the water or stock if necessary.

When meat is cooked add water or stock and stir in pasta. Cook for futhre
20 minutes, stirring occasionally, and adding a little more liquid if
mixture looks dry. When pasta is tender, sprinkle cheese over pasta and
return to oven for 5 minutes. Serve immediately.

NOTE: This is a popular restaurant dish in Greece, Cyprus and Egypt. The
pieces of meat are placed in individual casserole dishes after the initial
cooking, and the sauce, pasta and water or stock added to each dish, then
cooking completed. In the home I suggest dividing the meat and pasta ater
it is cooked and just before adding the cheese. Return to oven for cheese
to melt.

Source: The Complete Middle East Cookbook - by Tess Mallos ISBN: 1 86302
069 1

Typed for you by Karen Mintzias

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