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

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
- 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.
- We add the onion, garlic and all the spices.
- We quench with the wine and add the tomato juice, half the broth, salt, pepper, and let it simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
- We preheat the oven at 200ο C.
- We transfer all the lamb with its sauce in a baking pan.
- 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.
- We add the remaining broth and cook the youvetsi in the oven at 180ο C for approx. 30΄.
- We open the oven regularly and mix the pasta with the liquids from the lamb until it is boiled.
- 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
