Zharkoe Lamb

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 1/2 lbs trimmed lamb shoulder, cut into 3/4-inch pieces
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 large garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon dried summer savory
• 3/4 teaspoon coriander seed
• 1/2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
• 1 large red onion, finely chopped
• 1 bell pepper, chopped
• 4 jalapeno peppers, finely chopped
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 3 dill pickles, chopped
• 3 cups water
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 lb old fashioned grits
• 3/4 lb mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/2-inch cubes

Recipe

• 1 place lamb in 4 qusrt pot and salt and pepper to taste. cover pot and let meat steam over high heat, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes. stir in 1 tablespoon olive oil and brown meat, stirring occasionally, 6-8 minutes.
• 2 mash garlic cloves, summer savory, and 3/4 teaspoon salt in mortar and pestle. put garlic paste into and small bowl and grind the coriander and fenugreek seeds in the mortar and pestle.
• 3 add garlic paste and 1 teaspoon olive oil to lamb and stir over medium heat 1 minute. add onion, bell and jalapeno peppers and coriander/fenugreek and cook until onion is softened, about 5 minutes.
• 4 add 1 cup water and bring to bowl. reduce heat and simmer 1 hour.
• 5 add parsley and pickles and serve over grits.
• 6 for the grits:.
• 7 bring 3 cups water and 3/4 teaspoon salt to a boil. stir in grits, return to boil, then simmer, stirring, until thickended, about 18 minutes.
• 8 increase heat to medium-low and add cheese a few cubes at a time while stirring until it is all melted inches.