Baked Lamb With Yogurt

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds lamb leg

2 pounds yogurt

1 tablespoon flour

3/4 cup butter

5 eggs; beaten

2 tablespoons rice

Cut meat into 4 serving pieces and season with salt and pepper.

Dot each piece with butter and bake at 350 degrees, basting now and then with pan juices, about 40 minutes, or until well browned.

Stir rice into pan juices.

Remove baking pan from oven and set aside while preparing yogurt sauce.

Combine yogurt with salt and pepper to taste.

Stir in eggs until smooth. Set aside.

Melt remaining 1/2 cup butter and add flour. Saute until smooth.

Add yogurt mixture and stir until smooth.

Pour yogurt sauce in baking pan, stirring it with meat pieces, and bake at 375 degrees 45 minutes.

This is a national dish of Albania, also called Tavë kosi.

Monday, January 18, 2010 - 5:07pm