Bulgur Wheat with Leftover Lamb

12 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon raisins
  • 1 cup or more lamb broth or other meat stock thinned with water
  • 1/2 cup bulgur wheat
  • 1 tablespoon light olive oil
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 garlic clove, peeled and cut in thin slices
  • 4 or 5 medium mushrooms, roughly chopped
  • 4 or 5 chunks cooked lamb
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper
  • A handful of young spinach leaves or watercress
  • 1 tablespoon pine nuts

Directions

  1. 1
    Soak the raisins in water to cover for 30 minutes.
  2. 2
    Meanwhile, bring 3/4 cup of the lamb broth to a boil, and stir in the bulgur wheat.
  3. 3
    Cover, and cook at a lively simmer for 20 minutes, stirring now and then, and adding a little more broth if needed.
  4. 4
    While thats cooking, saute the onion, garlic, and mushrooms in oil until softened.
  5. 5
    Add the lamb, and let brown a little, then sprinkle on the cinnamon, and salt and pepper to taste.
  6. 6
    Pour on 1/4 cup broth.
  7. 7
    Drain the raisins, squeezing the water out, and add them.
  8. 8
    Simmer together a few minutes, then scatter the spinach leaves on top, cover, and cook just until the spinach has wilted, 12 minutes.
  9. 9
    Spoon into a warm bowl, and sprinkle pine nuts on top.

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