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Youvetsi lamb in the oven

  • Cooking time2 hour
  • Prep time10 minutes
  • Servings5 portions
recipe image Youvetsi lamb in the oven

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS
  • 1500 gr. Lamb front or back leg, cut in portions
  • 250 gr. medium-size kritharaki pasta
  • 2 onions, minced
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 100 ml. red dry wine
  • 100 ml. Altis Traditional Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 500 gr. tomato juice
  • 1200 ml. meat broth
  • 1 small cinnamon stick
  • 1 laurel leaf
  • 3-4 allspice grains
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • Salt
  • 100 gr. kefalotyri cheese, grated

      Instructions

      EXECUTION
      1. In a saucepan, we heat half the olive oil and when its is hot, we cook the lamb until it turns brown on all sides.
      2. We add the onion, garlic and all the spices.
      3. We quench with the wine and add the tomato juice, half the broth, salt, pepper, and let it simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
      4. We preheat the oven at 200ο C.
      5. We transfer all the lamb with its sauce in a baking pan.
      6. In a frying pan, we heat the remaining olive oil and saute the kritharaki pasta until it becomes glazed; then, we add it to the baking pan.
      7. We add the remaining broth and cook the youvetsi in the oven at 180ο C for approx. 30΄.
      8. We open the oven regularly and mix the pasta with the liquids from the lamb until it is boiled.
      9. We serve immediately with the grated kefalotyri cheese.
      - If necessary, we add extra broth until the kritharaki is boiled - We can also prepare the youvetsi with any type of meat, red or white