Armenian Pumpkin and Lamb Stew
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 3 lbs pumpkin, roasted, peeled & cut into chunks
- 1⁄2 teaspoon coriander seed
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cardamom seed
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
- 1 teaspoon cumin seed
- 1 clove
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 lbs lamb, cubed, cut into 2-inch chunks
- 1 onion, peeled and minced
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
- 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
- 1 celery root, peeled and chopped
- 4 large red ripe tomatoes, peeled, cored and seeded
- 2 quarts chicken broth or 2 quarts beef broth
- 1 cup basmati rice, uncooked
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
- 1⁄4 cup coriander leaves, minced
- 3⁄4 cup fresh parsley leaves, minced
directions
- Cut the pumpkin into 2 to 3 inch chunks, leaving skin on. Brush with oil & roast at 400 degrees F skin side up about 30 minutes until softened & browned. Remove from oven & set aside to cool.
- Combine coriander, cardamom, cinnamon, cumin and clove in a spice mill
- or coffee grinder. Grind until smooth. Set aside. Head a tblsp of oil
- in large, heavy-bottom saucepan. Add the lamb in one layer. Sprinkle with
- the spice mixture. Seer over medium heat until lightly browned, about 3-5
- minutes. Remove the lamb from the pan and set aside.
- Add the onion and garlic to the pan. Saute, stirring frequently, until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the carrots, celery root, tomatoes, and acorn squash. Add the broth. Return lamb to the pan. Partly cover and gently simmer until the lamb is tender, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
- While the stew is simmering, peel the skin from the roasted pumpkin & add to the stew in the last 1/2 hour of cooking.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Cook the rice according to package directions, set aside.
- Divide the rice among warmed bowls. Ladle the stew over the rice. Garnish with coriander and parsley. Serve immediately.
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<p>First about Buster: Buster moved onto whatever comes next on February 26, 2008. He was just shy of five years old. I miss him terribly. <br />He came into our lives when he ran out in front of my car late one night as I was driving home. A just under 4 pound ball of kitten fluff, complete with an ostrich boa tail that stayed straight up as he assessed his new domain. He became a 19 pound longhaired beast who guarded our house (he followed any new guests or servicepeople the entire time they are on the property) & even killed copperheads (among other things with his hunting buddy, Fergus the short-tailed)! Friends never saw his formidible side as he smiled at them & uttered the most incongruent kitten-like mews as he threaded legs! He liked to ride in the car & came to the beach. <br />There are Buster-approved recipes in my offerings - however, HE decided which he wanted to consider - Buster demonstrated he liked pumpkin anything - ALOT -LOL!!! <br /> <br />Copperhead count 2006 - Buster 2 <br /> (10 inchers w/yellow tails) <br /> 2007 - Buster & Roxie 1 <br /> (a 24 incher!) <br />Buster woken from beauty sleep - <br />http://www.recipezaar.com/members/home/62264/DSCN0335.JPG <br />Big whiskers - <br />http://www.recipezaar.com/members/home/62264/DSCN0333.JPG <br /> <br />For those of you who gave kind condolences - thank you so very much. <br />http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=250301 <br /> <br /> <br />I love to cook & incorporate techniques from Southern/Mid Atlantic roots (grits, eastern NC BBQ shoulders, Brunswick stew, steamed crabs & shrimp & shellfish, hushpuppies, cornbread, greens, shad roe, scrapple) with Pacific Rim foods & techniques aquired while living in Pacific Northwest, fish & game recipes learned while living in Rocky Mountain region & foods/techniques learned travelling to the Big Island & up into BC & Alberta & into the Caribbean. The Middle Eastern/African likes I have are remnants of my parents who lived for many years in North Africa & Mediterranean before I was thought of. Makes for wide open cooking! <br /> <br />Since moving back east we try to go annually in the deep winter to Montreal (Old Montreal auberges & La Reine) & Quebec City (Winter Carnival & Chateau Frontenac)- for unctuous foie gras & real cheeses, French & Canadian meals prepared & served exquisitely, fantastic music & wonderful people - with the cold helping burn off some of the calories! <br /> <br />I love putting in our aluminum jonboat & heading across the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) to the barrier islands for foraging & exploring! Bodysurfing is a lifelong sport for me - one that a person's body never seems to forget how to do, once the knack is learned (thank goodness!) <br /> <br />I especially miss cool summers & foggy/drizzly days & fall mushroom foraging/anytime of year hot springing in WA, OR, MT, ID, BC & Alberta.</p>