Choirino Me Fasolia - Lamb With Beans

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 kg lamb, cut into even sized pieces
• 1 1/2 kg small beans, soaked overnight
• 375 ml tomato juice
• 1 finely medium chopped onion
• 125 ml olive oil or 125 ml corn oil
• salt
• pepper
• some celery

Recipe

• 1 put the beans in a sauce pan with fresh water to cover, boil for ten minutes and then drain.
• 2 cook in fresh water (in a pressure cooker if you have one) with some soup celery until about half tender.
• 3 remember not to add salt- otherwise the beans will take forever to cook.
• 4 drain the beans and discard the celery.
• 5 meanwhile heat the oil in a heavy saucepan and brown the meat and the onions.
• 6 add the tomato juice, salt and pepper and simmer over low heat until the meat is nearly done.
• 7 add the beans and simmer gently until the meat and the beans are tender.
• 8 serve hot with bread.
• 9 if you need more liquid, top it up with more tomato juice.
• 10 a generous spoonful of tomato paste enhances the colour.