Traditionally the Romanian Easter table should have at least: red eggs, lamb “drob”, cozonaci and roasted lamb.
Easter red eggs
This year I decided instead of roasting the lamb to make a lamb stew and it proved to be a very good choice. I have to surely retry this another time. It’s inspired by the french beef or chicken stew which take a few good hours to slowly cook until the meat fells off from the bones. Add red wine, spices and vegetables and you get a warming dish.
Lamb stew
Ingredients
- I used about half of a very small lamb except some meat I’ve set aside for another idea I have (lamb curry), around 1.5 kg of meat on bones (ribs, legs, etc.)
- 2-3 large potatoes, 2-3 carrots, 6-7 large mushrooms
- 2 cups of red wine
- parsley
- spices: bay leafs, cardamom, salt & pepper, 3-4 scallions (green onions)
Method
- Cut and brown the scallions in a 2-3 tbs of oil. I’ve used a large non-sticking pot which can hold 4-5 liters of water and can go into the oven
- add the meat and cover with wine and water (1/2 ratio), bay leafs, cardamon, salt & pepper
- cook in the oven for 1h
- add the vegetables cut in small cubes and cook for another 2h
- serve with finely chopped parsley and red wine
- Paste fericit!