Two-Potato Lamb Stew with Roasted Garlic

Roast another head of garlic for pasta sauces, pizzas, or spread onto bread or stirred into mashed potatoes. Wrap separately in foil, and refrigerate for up to five days.

Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 1/3 cups)

Ingredients

• 1  garlic head
• Cooking spray
• 4  cups  coarsely chopped onion
• 4  garlic cloves, minced
• 1/3  cup  all-purpose flour (about 1 1/2 ounces)
• 2  pounds  boneless leg of lamb, trimmed and cut into bite-sized pieces
• 2  teaspoons  olive oil
• 1  teaspoon  salt, divided
• 1/2  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper, divided
• 1  cup  dry red wine
• 3  cups  less-sodium beef broth
• 2 1/2  cups  (1-inch) cubed peeled sweet potato (about 10 ounces)
• 2 1/2  cups  (1-inch) cubed peeled Yukon gold potato (about 10 ounces)
• 2 1/2  cups  (1/2-inch) slices peeled parsnip (about 10 ounces)
• 1  tablespoon  chopped fresh rosemary

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°.

Remove white papery skin from garlic head (do not peel or separate the cloves). Wrap garlic head in foil. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until tender; cool 10 minutes. Separate cloves; squeeze to extract garlic pulp. Discard skins.

Heat a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add onion; sauté 10 minutes or until tender and golden brown. Add 4 garlic cloves; sauté 1 minute. Spoon onion mixture into a bowl.

Place flour in a shallow bowl or pie plate. Dredge lamb in flour, shaking off excess. Heat oil in pan over medium-high heat. Add half of lamb mixture; sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Cook 6 minutes, browning on all sides. Add browned lamb to onion mixture. Repeat procedure with remaining lamb mixture, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.

Add wine to pan, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Stir in lamb mixture and broth; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour or until lamb is just tender.

Stir in potatoes and parsnip. Cover and simmer 30 minutes. Stir in roasted garlic, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and rosemary; simmer 10 minutes.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

316 (30% from fat)

Fat:

10.5g (sat 3.9g,mono 4.8g,poly 0.9g)

Protein:

20.6g

Carbohydrate:

35.4g

Fiber:

4.9g

Cholesterol:

58mg

Iron:

2.5mg

Sodium:

526mg

Calcium:

60mg