Chrissi's Vegetable Lamb Pot

Ingredients for 8 servings:

• 600 g diced lamb (from the neck)
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 3 onions
• 3 garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp flour
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 100 ml red wine, dry
• 100 ml vegetable stock
• 500 g green beans (frozen is fine)
• 700 g eggplant(s)
• 250 g red bell pepper(s)
• 2 can/n tomatoes, 800 g (Pizza tomatoes)
• 2 tbsp spice mix, Corsican, “Scent of the Macchia” from Herbaria
• Salt and pepper, freshly ground

Instructions

Working time approx. 35 minutes; Total time approx. 35 minutes

ww – suitable

Preheat the oven to 175°C (top/bottom heat). Peel and quarter the onions, peel and finely chop the garlic. Wash and trim the vegetables. Leave the beans whole, trimming the ends if necessary. Dice the eggplant and cut the bell peppers into slightly larger pieces. Heat the olive oil in a large, ovenproof roasting pan and sear the lamb well on all sides over high heat, stirring occasionally. Add the onions and cook for another 2-3 minutes, until lightly browned. Then add the peeled and finely chopped garlic, dust everything with flour, and stir well. Now add the green beans, eggplant, bell peppers, tomato paste, and pizza tomatoes, stir well, and deglaze with the red wine and vegetable stock. Season with salt and pepper, and stir in the seasoning. Place the lid on the roasting pan and let it simmer in the oven on the lowest rack for about 1 hour. Total: approximately 30 points. With 8 servings, 1 serving gets 4 points; with 10 servings, 1 serving gets 3 points. Tastes delicious with kritharaki – small rice-shaped noodles, available in Turkish or Greek grocery stores. Can also be eaten with a piece of flatbread. 4 points for pasta alone, and 2 additional points for 50g of flatbread per person. The dish can be frozen in portions (it’s certainly enough for up to 10 servings). It’s best to leave out the kritharaki, though, as it will otherwise become sticky when thawed. The spice mix gives this vegetable and lamb stew that particularly delicious, personal touch! “Scent of the Macchia” spice mix contains: rock salt, long pepper, myrtle leaves, lemon and orange granules, sage leaves, lavender blossoms, thyme blossoms and leaves, olive leaves, oregano, juniper berries. Available in organic supermarkets.