Estofado De Carnero Lamb Stew Recipes

ESTOFADO DE CARNERO (LAMB STEW)

Steps:

• Prepare the chiles:.
• Wash the chiles in cold water. Remove veins, stems, and seeds. Tear the pods roughly into pieces, place in a bowl and soak them in hot water, at least 1/2 cup, for an hour. Place the soaked chiles and their soaking liquid in a blender jar and blend to a thick puree.
• Assemble the stew:.
• Place the lamb, tomatoes, garlic, raisins, spices, and seasoning to taste in a heavy flameproof casserole which has a lid.
• Add enough water to the chile puree to make it the consistency of thin cream *(about 1 1/2 cups). Pour the puree over the meat, cover the casserole, bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer very gently until the lamb is tender when pierced with a fork, about 2 hours.
• Five minutes before serving, add the sherry. Sprinkle with almonds just before serving.

LAMB STEW/ESTOFADO DE CORDERO

Steps:

• Heat large Dutch oven and add oil. When very hot add lamb, onion, garlic, celery, carrots. Mix together well and sauté for about 10 minutes, until lamb is browned.
• Add the tomatoes, bay leaf, white wine, and 1/2 cup traditional roux. Season with salt and pepper. Simmer until lamb is tender 1.5 to 2 hours. Serve in bowl with crusty bread.
• Make Traditional Roux: Melt butter in small saucepan. Blend in flour with a whisk and stir over low heat until flour is browned. Add the beef stock, bring to a boil and whisk 3 to 4 minutes. Reduce the heat and simmer another 30 minutes, continuing to stir.

ESTOFADO DE CORDERO

Steps:

• Debone lamb leg and cut into 2.5cm cubes. Put in a pot and set on low fire. (For this stew, you don?t add water for the stock. The tomatoes will provide the juice to flavour the stew.).
• Cut onions into cubes and saute till fragrant in a pan. Add into pot.
• Saute together paprika powder, garlic powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, cloves and chilli powder until fragrant. Add half litre water (or one glass) into the spice to form a thin paste. Then add the paste into the pot.
• While the lamb is slowly cooking, add tomato puree, sliced jalapeno, sliced mushrooms, beef stock powder, the whole peeled tomatoes and fresh coriander. When the lamb is tender, add sliced carrot and french beans. Stew for about one-and-a-half hours or until desired consistency is reached. Serve with Mexican rice.