On Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 5:29:48 PM UTC-5, W. Lohman wrote:
> On 4/26/2015 4:19 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > W. Lohman wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> >> On 4/26/2015 3:29 PM, cshenk wrote:
> >>> Gary wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >>>
> >>>> - "Lamb shoulder arm chops"- spiced, pan seared
> >>>> then cooked to medium rare
> >>>> - Mashed potatoes with turkey gravy
> >>>> - Fresh white corn cut off the cob
> >>>>
> >>>> I also deglazed the pan with a little water and added that to the
> >>>> gravy. A simple but very nice meal.
> >>>
> >>> This came out really good.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 3 TB olive oil
> >>>
> >>> 1 medium onion, cut to largish pieces
> >>>
> >>> 5 small carrots
> >>>
> >>> 1 lb bone in lamb shoulder
> >>>
> >>> 3 cups brown gravy (I actually used 3 cups water and 1 packets brown
> >>> and 1 mushroom/brown)
> >>>
> >>> 1 medium turnip
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Sweat the onions in the olive oil to translucent but not browned.
> >>> Add the lamb and brown the steaks on each side for about 3 minutes
> >>> each. Peel and chop the carrots to 2 inch pieces while the lamb
> >>> browns then the turnip gets peeled and chopped to smallish pieces.
> >>> Add the veggies, gravy packets, 3 cups water, and Rogan josh
> >>> seasoning to taste (go light and add more later as this is fairly
> >>> spicy stuff). I started with 1 TS, later added 1/2ts more and
> >>> 1/2ts Garam Masala.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> That all sounds very tasty.
> >>
> >> Gram Masala is perfect with lamb.
> >
> > Yes and best i can tell, a subset mix of spices that enhanced an aspect
> > I wanted more of for this mix.
> >
> > I grant there is cheat with the gravy packets but the rest it pure
> > cooking
> >
> > Carol
> >
> I'd waste less time worrying about the packets than scarfing the results
> down ;-)

Gravy packets are like powdered eggs. Putting that crap on lamb is nutty.

--Bryan