Albanian baked lamb with rice (Tavë kosi)

Name: Albanian baked lamb with rice (Tavë kosi)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Cuisine: Eastern European, European
Ingredients: 70g/2½oz butter; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1.2kg/2lb 12oz boned lamb shoulder, cut into 5cm/2in cubes; 4 garlic cloves, grated; 1 tsp dried oregano; 60g/2¼oz long-grain rice, rinsed; 50g/1¾oz plain flour; 600ml/20fl oz Greek-style yoghurt; 4 free-range eggs, beaten; freshly grated nutmeg, to finish; salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Prep:30minCook:2h

Tavë kosi is a national dish in Albania, but I only had it once, at a restaurant at the top of a mountain pass at Llogara. I wasn’t predisposed to like it. Lamb with rice and yoghurt doesn’t immediately appeal, but it turned out to be very good indeed, the same sort of dish as moussaka.

Updated at: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 08:51:33 GMT