Lamb Daube Recipes

DAUBE

Steps:

• The evening before, cut the beef into large chunks and place in a large bowl.
• Add the onion, cut into 4, and with the cloves inserted. Add the carrot, 2 garlic cloves lightly crushed with the flat side of a knife and 2 pressed garlic cloves. Add bouquet garni and orange peels. Season with salt and pepper. Cover with red wine. Mix well.
• Cover with plastic wrap and let stand for at least 8 hours in the refrigerator. Mix the marinade two or three times during this time.
• Drain the pieces of meat with a skimmer and place on paper towels. Reserve the marinade.
• In a cast iron pot, Dutch oven or an electric slow cooker, heat the olive oil and sweat the shallots and onion over medium heat.
• Add the smoked pork belly, and sauté for 3 minutes over medium heat. Add the meat, and brown the pieces of beef on each side.
• Pour the flour gradually and stir with a wooden spoon.
• Add the tomatoes, season with salt and pepper and mix again.
• Remove the celery and leek from the marinade and add the marinade to the pot. Cook 1 minute over high heat and simmer over very low heat for 5 to 7 hours or more.
• Two hours before the end of cooking, add the carrots and black olives. Ensure that the sauce does not completely evaporate during cooking.

DAUBE PROVENCALE

Steps:

• Prep the lamb: Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven on high heat. Add the butter. Foam it. Let it subside. Season the meat with salt and pepper. Sear on all sides in a hot pan, in batches if need be, until all of it is deep, dark brown. When browned, remove from the pan with the tongs and set aside.
• Cook the stew: Add the bacon to the still-hot pan and cook until it's crispy and has rendered out its fat. Remove the bacon from the pan and set aside.
• Discard most of the fat and then add the onion, celery, and garlic to the pan. Cook over medium-high heat until the vegetables have caramelized (browned), about 5 minutes. Using the wooden spoon, stir in the tomato paste and cook for about 1 minute. Stir in the flour and cook for an additional minute. Stir in the wine and scrape up all that brown stuff.
• Bring the wine to a boil, reduce by half, then add the stock (and a teaspoon of demi-glace if you have any). Bring back to a boil and reduce immediately to a simmer. Add the lamb, carrot, bouquet garni, orange zest, and bacon. Season with salt and pepper, cover the pot, and simmer over low heat for about 90 minutes, occasionally skimming the fat from the surface of the stew.
• After 90 minutes, add the potatoes to the stew and cook until they are tender, about 12 to 15 minutes. Skim the stew a final time, making sure there's no film of fat floating on the surface, then serve in a big old bowl, garnished with the chopped parsley.

LAMB DAUBE

Steps:

• Tie the peppercorns and bay leaves in a piece of cheesecloth or place in a tea ball. In a large bowl, combine the wine, half of the garlic, the onions, peppercorn packet and lamb. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 8 to 12 hours. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the lamb to a plate. Strain the marinade through a fine-mesh sieve. Discard the peppercorn packet, and reserve the wine, garlic and onions. Season the lamb with salt and pepper. In a stovetop-safe slow-cooker insert over medium-high heat, warm the olive oil until almost smoking. Working in batches, brown the lamb, 3 to 5 minutes per batch; transfer to a plate. Add the reserved garlic and onions, the remaining garlic and the carrots to the insert and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 10 minutes. Add the flour and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes. Add the reserved wine, the tomatoes and their juices and bring to a boil, then add the lamb. Set the insert on the slow-cooker base, cover and cook on high for 6 hours. Skim the fat off the sauce. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the lamb and vegetables to a bowl and cover with aluminum foil. Set the insert over medium heat and simmer until the sauce is thickened, about 30 minutes. Stir in the lamb and vegetables. Ladle the daube into warmed bowls and serve with toasted bread.

LAMB DAUBE

Steps:

• Directions Preheat oven to 380°F and place a rack in the center. Season lamb on all sides with salt and espelette pepper. Place a third of the lamb and the bacon on the bottom of a 5½-quart Dutch oven and top with a third of the vegetables. Repeat, creating three layers of meat and vegetables, finishing with vegetables. Add wine and stock followed by sachet and bouquet garni, being sure to submerge them. Cover and place on a baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes. Reduce temperature to 280°F and bake for another 2½ hours. Remove from the oven to rest at least 30 minutes before serving. Serves 8. Garlic Grits: Directions Preheat oven to 350°F and place a rack in the center. Cut the head of garlic in half horizontally, brush cut halves with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Wrap in aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes, or until the cloves are golden and cooked through. Let rest until cool enough to handle, then squeeze cloves from their skins into a medium saucepan. Add milk and water and bring to a simmer. Add grits in a gentle stream while whisking constantly and cook for another 10 minutes, continuing to whisk. Add butter, season to taste with salt and pepper, and serve with the lamb daube. Serves 8.