🇩🇿 Algeria cuisine · #8

Lham Lahlou

Lham Lahlou
Time75 min
Serves6
Ingredients9

Lamb with prunes, dried apricots, cinnamon and orange blossom — eaten by Algerians on the first day of Ramadan.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Brown the lamb in butter with cinnamon.
  2. Add water and cook until tender.
  3. Add sugar and dried fruit and cook 20 minutes until syrupy.
  4. Finish with orange-blossom water and almonds.
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