Lamb Broth with Cucumber & Mint Yogurt

Name: Lamb Broth with Cucumber & Mint Yogurt
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 6 servings black pepper; 1 carrot, peeled and cut into chunks; 1 cucumber, cut into thin strands or spaghetti (see note); 2 garlic cloves; 500 grams lamb shank, about 1lb; 3 sprigs mint; 1 onion, peeled and cut into chunks; 6 servings plain (natural) yogurt; 4 teaspoons sea salt; 1 sprig thyme; 1 turnip, peeled and cut into chunks; 2 liters (3 1/2 pints/2 liters) water

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Lamb Broth with Cucumber & Mint Yogurt Head to the store and pick up bay leaf, pepper, carrot, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, primal, and דל פחמימות, diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Put all the ingredients into a saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil. Boil for 3—4 minutes and skim off the froth that forms on the surface, then reduce the heat to low and simmer gently for 1 1/2—2 hours, until the lamb is tender and almost falling off the bone, then remove from the heat.

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Sauce Pan

Remove the shank from the stock, then pass the stock through a fine strainer or sieve into a clean saucepan (discard the vegetables) and keep hot. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary. Shred the lamb meat from the bone.

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To serve, divide the shredded lamb meat among 6 soup bowls. Gather the cucumber strips into 6 bundles and add one to each bowl, then pour over the hot stock and add a tablespoon of yogurt. Finish with a few mint sprigs and a grinding of black pepper.

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Lamb

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Serve immediately.

Cucumber "Spaghetti"

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For an extra decorative effect, serve this soup topped with "spaghetti": use the comb blade on a mandolin or cut the cucumber into ribbons and then slice them into thin strips using a very sharp knife.

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Cucumber

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Reprinted with permission from Le Pain Quotidien Cookbook: Delicious Recipes from Le Pain Quotidien by Alain Coumont. Copyright © Octopus Publishing Group Ltd 2013; text copyright © PQ LicensingSA and Creative CommunicationSCRL 2013; photographs copyright © Creative CommunicationSCRL 201

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