Pasternak with White Beans

Main Dishes | Armenian cuisine

⏳ Time

2 hours

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

Recipe taken from the book by John Smith 'Armenian Cuisine' (1960).

Ingredients

Lamb - 5.3 oz
White Beans - 1.8 oz
Onion - 0.9 oz
Clarified Butter - 0.7 oz
Tomatoes - 2.1 oz
Salt - to taste
Ground Black Pepper - to taste
Parsley - to taste

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Rinse the white beans and soak them in cold water.

Step 2

After 20–25 minutes, drain the water, refill with cold water, and cook until tender, then strain.

Step 3

Cut the lamb into small cubes, place it in a pot, and sauté in butter, then pour in the bean broth so that it covers the lamb, cover with a lid, and simmer.

Step 4

20–25 minutes before the meat is done, add the sautéed finely chopped onion, salt, pepper, cooked beans, and halved washed tomatoes, and bake in the oven until ready.