Lamb With Garlic & Fava Beans

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 lbs lamb (well-trimmed of fat & cut in approx 1 1/2 in cubes)
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion (chopped)
• 9 garlic cloves (uncooked)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 cup dry sherry
• 4 ounces fava beans, shelled
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley (chopped)
• salt (to taste)
• black pepper (to taste)

Recipe

• 1 heat 2 tbsp olive oil in large dutch oven. add half of cubed lamb & brown well on all sides. remove meat from pan, set aside & brown the rest of the lamb the same way. remove meat from pan & set aside.
• 2 heat remaining 2 tbsp of olive oil in the same pan, add chopped onion & cook for approx 5 min till soft. return meat to pan with any drippings accumulated & combine w/onions.
• 3 add whole garlic cloves, bay leaf, paprika & dry sherry. bring to a slow boil, reduce heat, cover tightly & simmer very gently for 1 1/2 hrs till tender.
• 4 add fava beans 10 min b4 end of cooking time. remove garlic cloves + bay leaf, season w/salt & pepper to taste & stir in fresh parsley just b4 serving.
• 5 notes: lima beans may be subbed for fava beans. i used fava beans & did not peel their wrinkled skin before serving as the pic showed them unpeeled. just to ck, i peeled a few & found i preferred them peeled for any future efforts. i worried a bit about the apparent shortage of liquid, but that was unfounded as there was plenty of the rich brown sauce.