agnello con patate in coccio

[biliy]

"In Coccio" i think at a guees, means "earthenware dish" and i was watching Rick Stein at the weekend so i am trying this tonight.

Will know in 20 mins if i got it right!

Ingredients:

1-1.5kg Lamb, any cut that will cook at 200C in the oven in an hour or so. New season would be nice of course.
pecorino (hard Italian Cheese)
parmesan
salt
pepper
olive oil
fresh roma tomatoes
fresh garlic
fresh broadleaf parsley

Basically like a Lancashire hotpot.

1. Oil the bottow of your pot, add a little salt.
2. Cut potato into VERY thin slices and leave in a bowl of water.]
3. Place layer of potatoes at botttom of pot.
4. salt pepper to taste, garlic, olive oil, tomatoes, parsley and both cheeses (LOTS!!)
5. lay lamb around this layer covering the whole dish (obviosly cut lamb p to suit your dish!
6. another layer of salt, pepper, garlic, oil, tomatoes, parsley and both cheeses
7. the rest of the potatoes in a layer on top of that
8. yet another layer of salt, pepper, garlic, tomatoes, parsley and both cheeses (last and LOTS!)
9. finally a generous helping of olive oil right accross the top

200C In oven for an hour or until lamb (cut dependant) is cooked. Can put under grill at end if top needs a little extra heat for colour.

Phew, it is a dish from Puglia, Italy.
Enjoy
B

[Inarra]

Rick Stein is great, we saw his live show in Brisbane a few weeks ago.

[Saburo]

It's Italian and you would be pretty much spot on.

Lamb with Potatoes in earthenware.

[biliy]

Was yummy!

Only thing was to cook a little longer if the potato cut was thicker, finer would work best using a kitchen mandolin or similar. Even par boiling the potato first might aid cooking time also.

I love playing with recipes and the above will make for even yummier seconds tomorrow! uses plenty of salt through each layer, could play with that and even try chilli or even paprika, perhaps sweet rather than the hotter one.

Ho Hum, the original recipe is a keeper thou.