Lamb in garlic sauce
Abbacchio alla romana
Fried lamb in garlic sauce with vinegar and anchovies. Amazing that such great taste can be made with so little effort.
For some reason lamb is incredibly expensive in Puglia, and I presume baby lamb costs even more, which is why this recipe is more agnello than abbacchio. Yet it is absolutely delicious, which came as a surprise in view of the simple and rather boring recipe. In fact I had been looking at the recipe for years, without bothering to try it, but it immediately became a huge favourite. Especially around Easter. Amazing the such great taste can be made with so little effort.
Ingredients
500 g lamb (cubes, steaks or chops)
5 cloves of garlic
3 salted anchovies
3-4 tbsp white wine vinegar
Rosemary
Olive oil
Preparation
Chop up a lot of fresh rosemary and rinse the salt off the anchovies.
Mix the herb to a nice paste with crushed garlic and anchovies. Stir in the vinegar.
Heat plenty of olive oil in a frying pan and fry the lamb until nice and tender.
Add garlic paste and heat it through with the lamb just before serving to make lamb in garlic sauce.
More lamb recipes
Roast lamb with potatoes and herbs
That’s always the case with recipes you look at for a long time. They always turn out to be the favourites. Lamb is really expensive in Turkey, too. Something to do with the world prices for animal feed I think.
If we do buy some lamb I’ll give this recipe a try because when a meat is so expensive, we think it’s nice to keep it simple.
Julia
It is expensive here in Lazio as well.
Strange, but at least we don’t get frozen, imported lamb from New Zealand….
This looks really good. I really enjoy lamb, but never know how to cook it.