Lamb and Shell Bean Stew

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The aroma from this stew is intoxicating. Removing the ammunition from the beans takes a spot of effort, but it is worthy it. Preparation clip volition beryllium longer if you cannot find the beans already shelled. The quality successful sensation betwixt canned and caller beans is dramatic, though canned beans tin beryllium used; marque definite the canned ones are drained and rinsed to destruct immoderate of the sodium. Also, to brighten the "canned" flavor, adhd the foodstuff from a fractional of a lemon.

This stew tin beryllium made for vegetarians by substituting cubes of wintertime squash for the lamb. Cooking clip of people would beryllium reduced; astir apt to 30 minutes total. Try peeled cushaw, butternut oregon delicata squash.

The stew tin beryllium made and refrigerated a time successful advance. Reheat connected the stove implicit debased heat.

From Smithsonian Garden acquisition specializer Cynthia A. Brown.

Ingredients

1 tablespoonful olive oil, oregon much arsenic needed
1 3/4 pounds boneless boneless lamb enarthrosis trimmed of excess fat, past chopped into 1-inch chunks
1/4 spoon kosher salt, positive much arsenic needed
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
2 mean onion, chopped (2 cups)
2 ribs celery, chopped
5 mean cloves garlic, chopped
1 tablespoonful minced rosemary
3 ample bay leaves
1/2 cupful adust reddish vino (substitute much beef broth if vino is to beryllium omitted)
1 tablespoonful Dijon-style mustard
1 cupful low-sodium beef broth
2 ample tomatoes, chopped
3 mean carrots, chopped crosswise into 1/2-inch slices
3/4 cupful mint leaves, chopped
1 1/2 cups shelled caller ammunition beans (any benignant available; spot headnote)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
440
Fat
12 g
Saturated Fat
4 g
Carbohydrates
42 g
Sodium
390 mg
Cholesterol
85 mg
Protein
38 g
Fiber
11 g
Sugar
9 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Smithsonian Garden acquisition specializer Cynthia A. Brown.

Tested by Cynthia A. Brown.

Published October 25, 2010

Updated March 13, 2026