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Hearty leek and lamb cawl recipe
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Hearty leek and lamb cawl recipe

16 ingredients 15 min + 2 hr 50 min 4 people openrecipes

'Cawl' is recognised as a national dish of Wales and is traditionally eaten in the winter months. It's basically a lamb cobbler - and a very good one at that.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1736
Calories
103g
Protein
85g
Fat
135g
Carbs

Counts 16 of 18 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 16 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Lamb 100g cooked 294
Beef 100g cooked 250
Pork 100g cooked 242
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Vegetable 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Turnip 1 medium (122g) 34
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Swede not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 450 stewing lamb such as shoulder, cubed (or use pork shoulder or braising beef)
  • g plain flour, seasoned with salt and pepper
  • 2 vegetable or sunflower oil
  • tbsp brown ale
  • 2 medium leeks, trimmed then cut into thumb lengths
  • tbsp stick celery, sliced
  • 150 medium carrots, peeled and cut into big chunks
  • ml swede or turnip, peeled and cut into big chunks
  • 4 - 4sprigs fresh thyme (or 1 tsp dried)
  • 1 or 2 bay leaves, fresh or dried is fine
  • 3 lamb or beef stock
  • 400 self-raising flour
  • g cold butter, cut into cubes
  • 3 semi-skimmed milk
  • 1 wholegrain mustard
  • 500 fresh thyme leaves (or 1 tsp dried)

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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