Lamb Recipes

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Don’t wait for a special occasion – spice up your everyday meals with fresh American lamb tonight. American lamb offers delicious flavor and variety to your menus and is sure to impress everyone around the table. Don’t worry – cooking lamb is easy! It’s perfect for convenient, everyday cooking.

• Marinating allows the budget-minded cook to use the most affordable cuts of meat in kebobs, since many marinades not only flavor the chunks of meat but also tenderize them.
• Tired of the same old steaks and burgers? Don’t be afraid to try American lamb on the grill. Whether it’s a marinated loin chop, kebobs or even a ground lamb burger, American lamb is a great secret weapon when it comes to grilling. Lamb is just as easy to grill as other meats but the flavor is uniquely sweet and rich.
• Don’t rush a large American lamb roast by cooking it at a constant high temperature; it can cook unevenly – underdone in the center and overdone just below the surface. For best results, first sear the roast followed by low and slow roasting.
• The proper determination of doneness for American lamb that has been prepared by a moist heat method like braising is tenderness, not temperature. Lamb that is slow cooked is done when the meat is tender and a fork can easily pull through the meat.

Visit the American Lamb Board website (www.americanlamb.com) for many more valuable lamb facts.

The fennel is not cooked with the meat and can easily be omitted. Serve with instant couscous.

3 fennel bulbs, tops trimmed and quartered, ends still attached
1/4 cup olive oil
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
6 lamb shanks
1 onion, finely chopped
1 head garlic, peeled (about 15 cloves)
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary leaves, chopped, or 1 teaspoon dried
4 tomatoes, chopped, or three 15-ounce cans, drained and chopped
1 cup dry white wine
1 cup chicken broth

In a roasting pan, toss the fennel, 2 tablespoons of the oil, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of the pepper. Set aside.Dry the lamb shanks on paper towels and season with the remaining salt and pepper. In a Dutch oven, heat the remaining oil over medium-high heat. Brown the lamb until golden, 4 to 5 minutes per side. (Do in 2 batches if necessary.) Remove the lamb and set aside.

Heat oven to 400° F. Pour off the excess oil from the Dutch oven. Stir in the onion, garlic, and rosemary. Cook 1 minute. Stir in the tomatoes, wine, broth, and lamb. Cover and bring to a boil. Place in oven.

Cook the lamb until it is fork-tender, about 2 1/2 hours, occasionally basting with the cooking liquid. After 1 hour, place the pan of fennel in the oven and roast until tender. Serve with the pan juices.

KEEP IT: The lamb and fennel can be stored separately in the refrigerator up to 3 days. To freeze (the lamb only; fennel turns mushy when thawed), divide into individual servings with the sauce. Warm in a 375° F oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until the sauce is bubbling. The lamb keeps in the freezer up to 3 months.

Yield: Makes 6 servings

NUTRITION PER SERVING
CALORIES 547(0% from fat); FAT 30g (sat 10g); CHOLESTEROL 159mg; CALCIUM 124mg; CARBOHYDRATE 18g; SODIUM 1010mg; PROTEIN 46mg; FIBER 6g; IRON 5mg