Greek Braised Lamb With Green Beans And Tomato

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 teaspoons olive oil
• 600 g lamb, diced
• 1 large red onion, chopped
• 1 kg fresh green beans, washed and trimmed
• 680 g passata (pureed tomato pasta sauce)
• 180 ml water
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1/8 cup mint leaf, chopped roughly

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium high heat.
• 2 add the diced lamb and cook until the meat is browned.
• 3 stir in the trimmed beans and onion. cook for approx 10 minutes, stirring occassionally.
• 4 stir in the passata sauce, water, salt and pepper to taste and the chopped mint.
• 5 reduce the heat to low. cover and simmer for 3/4 hour to one hour -- until the meat is cooked through and the beans are tender.
• 6 check the liquid content of the dish at the 30 minute mark and if there seems to be too much liquid, simmer uncovered for the remaining cooking time.