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Slow-cooked breast of lamb with aubergines
Photo: Emiliano Vittoriosi

Slow-cooked breast of lamb with aubergines

29 ingredients 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

With a couple of hours in the oven, the rosemary, garlic, white wine and balsamic vinegar in this dish really mingle and merge to make melt-in-the-mouth meat. Look for breast of lamb in your local butcher - with a slow-cook like this you won’t be disappointed.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

744
Calories
31g
Protein
47g
Fat
49g
Carbs

Counts 17 of 21 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 17 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Lamb 100g cooked 294
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Spinach 1 cup raw (30g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Rosemary 1 tsp dried (1.2g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Mint 2 tbsp fresh (3g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Seed not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Whey 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

  • 1 breast of lamb
  • 4 garlic
  • 1 sprig rosemary
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper
  • 50g/1¾oz butter
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion
  • ½ tsp fennel seeds
  • ½ tsp dried herbes de Provence
  • 100ml/3½fl oz white wine
  • 800g/1lb 12oz aubergines
  • 130ml/4fl oz olive oil
  • 180g/6oz onion
  • ½ tsp crushed garlic
  • 4g ground black pepper
  • 5g ground turmeric
  • 5g dried mint
  • 15g salt
  • 400g/14oz tinned chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh mint
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander
  • 50g/1¾oz baby spinach
  • 4 preserved lemons
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • ½ tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • ½ tsp honey
  • 2 tbsp kashk (fermented whey) (available from Persian stores and online suppliers)
  • 2 tbsp natural yoghurt
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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