Best Baked Lamb And Yogurt Albanian Name Tavë Kosi Recipes

BAKED LAMB AND YOGURT (ALBANIAN NAME: TAVë KOSI)

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A delicious recipe that is great for family gatherings. This is one variation of it, there are several.

Provided by lulelola

Categories Lamb/Sheep

Time 1h15m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs lamb
4 tablespoons butter (1/2 stick)
2 tablespoons rice
salt and pepper
1 tablespoon flour
4 tablespoons butter (1/2 stick)
2 lbs yogurt
5 eggs
salt and pepper

Steps:

Cooking Instructions:
Cut meat in 4 serving pieces, sprinkle each piece with salt and pepper, and bake in a moderately-heated oven with half the butter, sprinkling the meat with its gravy now and then. When meat is half-baked, add rice; remove the baking pan from the oven and leave it aside while you prepare the yogurt sauce:.
Sauté flour in butter until mixed thoroughly. Mix yogurt with salt, pepper and eggs until a uniform mixture is obtained, and finally stir in the flour. Put the sauce mixture in the baking pan; sauté it with the meat pieces and bake at 375 degrees F for about 45 minutes.
Serve hot.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 714.6, Fat 53.3, SaturatedFat 28.3, Cholesterol 413.1, Sodium 463.6, Carbohydrate 17.4, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 10.8, Protein 40.5

TAVë KOSI

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This recipe is from http://www.bigoven.com/152669-Baked-Lamb-with-Yogurt-(Tave-Kosi)-recipe.html Wikipedia says that Tavë kosi is the national dish of Albania

Provided by loranne_bronze22

Categories Lamb/Sheep

Time 2h

Yield 1 Recipe, 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs leg of lamb or 1 1/2 lbs lamb shoulder
salt and pepper
3/4 cup butter
2 tablespoons rice
2 lbs yogurt
5 eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon flour

Steps:

Cut meat into 4 serving pieces. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Dot with 1/4 cup butter and bake at 350 degrees, basting now and then with pan juices, about 40 minutes, or until well browned.
Stir rice into pan juices. Remove baking pan from oven and set aside while preparing yogurt sauce.
Combine yogurt with salt and pepper to taste. Stir in eggs until smooth. Set aside.
Melt remaining 1/2 cup butter and add flour. Saute until smooth. Add yogurt mixture and stir until smooth. Pour yogurt sauce in baking pan, stirring it with meat pieces, and bake at 375 degrees 45 minutes. Serve hot.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 906.5, Fat 71.1, SaturatedFat 38.4, Cholesterol 499.4, Sodium 534.1, Carbohydrate 17.4, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 11.1, Protein 48.3