Quarantine at Home Series: Slow Cooker Spanish Lamb with Chorizo & Beans

 

      This will be the last installment of the Quarantine at Home Series of recipes.  We are leaving for the south within the next couple weeks.  Again it's fall and this is one of those recipes that are perfect for this time of year.  Combine this with the fact that is an 'easy-peazy' crock pot recipe and life can't get much easier.......or tastier.  

      Lamb is the heart of Spanish Cuisine, especially the Basque.  Lamb is not a terribly hard meat to find nor is Chorizo.  You can use either style of Chorizo, be it hard sliceable type or tube style soft sausage.  The rest is just vegetables and beans at their best. 

1.5 pounds of lamb chopped

1 onion, sliced 

1/2 red pepper, diced or red chile flakes

 2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 

8 ounces pork chorizo, chopped or browned 

2 cups water  

2 cups beef stock  

4 cloves crushed garlic 

1 small zucchini sliced 

2 carrots sliced 

1 can cannellini beans, drained 

3 Tbsp. tomato paste 

2 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce 

2 Tbsp. Balsamic Vinegar

Ingredients for sous cheffn

Simmerin' the meat  

Braise lamb, onion, and chorizo in skillet, stirring till brown.  Add garlic and red chile flakes.  Cook, stirring till fragrant.  Transfer this and all other ingredients (EXCEPT BEANS) to crock pot and turn on low.  Cook for 3 hours.  Add beans and cook another hour.  Season to taste and serve with biscuits or corn bread.  Another wonderful 'comfort food' meal for those cooling fall nights.  

Working the crock pot

Plated finis' with Flakey Grand Biscuits

"At home, my food is just sort of comfort food.  It's not super fancy, but it's certainly tasty" 

Anne Burrell

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