Lamb Soup Recipes

WHITE BEAN AND LAMB SOUP

Steps:

• Soak the dried beans in water overnight. After soaking, drain off remaining water, and rinse.
• In a large stockpot, cook the onion in oil over low heat until just beginning to soften, about 4 minutes. Stir in garlic, and cook for 1 minute. Increase the heat to medium, and add lamb; cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in carrots and celery, and cook for 1 minute. Stir in tomatoes, and season with parsley, thyme, oregano, and with freshly ground pepper and salt to taste. Add beans and broth to the pot. Bring to a boil, boil for 5 minutes, then reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer, covered, for 1/1/2 hours, or until beans are tender.
• Rinse spinach, and then place in a saucepan. Place over medium heat, and cook until wilted. This will only take a short time, and you will not need to add more liquid to the pan.
• Top each serving of soup with wilted spinach and crumbled feta cheese.

LAMB STEW RECIPE

Steps:

• In a 5Qt dutch oven, saute chopped bacon over medium heat until browned and fat released. With a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to a large plate.
• While bacon cooks, season lamb pieces with 1/2 Tbsp salt and 1 tsp pepper. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup flour and toss to coat. Cook lamb in 2 batches in hot bacon grease over medium heat until browned (3-4 min per side) then transfer to the plate with bacon.
• Add diced onion and sauté 2 min. Add garlic and cook another minute, stirring constantly. Add 1 1/2 cups wine, scraping the bottom to deglaze. Add sliced mushrooms, bring to simmer then cook uncovered 10 min. Preheat Oven to 325˚F.
• Return bacon and lamb to pot and add 4 cups broth, 1 Tbsp tomato paste, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1/2 tsp dried thyme and 2 bay leaves. Stir in potatoes and carrots, making sure potatoes are mostly submerged in liquid. Bring to a boil then COVER and carefully transfer to preheated oven at 325˚F for 1 hr and 45 min. When done, potatoes and lamb will be very tender.**

LAMB BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and stir in the ground lamb and onion. Cook and stir until the lamb is evenly browned and onions are translucent. Drain and discard any excess grease.
• Stir in the tomatoes and their liquid, water, consomme, and tomato soup. Add the carrots, celery, and barley, and season with chili powder and pepper. Simmer over medium heat for 45 minutes.

GEORGIAN LAMB AND RICE SOUP (KHARCHO)

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Dredge lamb cubes in flour. In a large saucepan or Dutch oven , melt butter and brown lamb cubes on all sides.
• Add onion, tomato paste, and garlic, and sauté 2 minutes, adding more butter, if necessary.
• Add water or stock and 1 teaspoon optional salt. Bring to a boil, skimming any foam that rises to surface, reduce heat and simmer, partially covered, for 1 1/2 hours.
• Add plum roll and rinsed and drained rice. Return to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent rice from sticking to bottom of pan. If soup becomes too thick, add more stock or water.
• Serve in heated bowls and garnish with chopped dill, if desired.

LAMB AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Place a 6-qt. Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed soup pot over medium-high, heat. Heat the oil then add 1/3 of the lamb cubes and sear, turning occasionally until well browned. Transfer to a plate and repeat browning the lamb in batches until all the lamb is seared. Reserve
• Reduce the heat to medium and add the onions, leeks and fennel to the pot. Cook for 3-4 minutes until the onions are lightly browned. Add the garlic and cook for another 30 seconds.
• Return the lamb to the pot and add the chicken broth, wine, tomatoes, thyme bundle, bay leaves, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for about 1-1/2 hours until the lamb is tender.
• Add the potatoes and carrots and continue to cook for another 30-40 minutes until the vegetables are fork-tender. Remove and discard the remains of the thyme bundle and the bay leaves. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.
• Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish with fresh thyme sprigs or chopped parsley. Serve with warm crusty bread.

LEFTOVER ROAST LAMB & WINTER VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• To prepare the bone broth, preheat oven to 180 C.
• Place any leftover lamb roast bones on a roasting tray and scatter the unpeeled, quartered onion, halved carrot, celery stick and garlic. Drizzle with the olive oil and roast in the centre of the oven for 45 minutes.
• Transfer the roasted bones and vegetables to a large stockpot. Cover with water and bring to the boil. Reduce to a simmer and cover, leaving the lid slightly ajar, for four hours or so.
• Strain off the bone broth and refrigerate or freeze until needed.
• To prepare the soup, heat the butter and sunflower oil in a soup pan.
• Saute the onion, stirring occasionally while you dice and add the remaining vegetables.
• Add the diced lamb, pour over the lamb bone broth and bring to a simmer.
• Simmer gently for 20 minutes, until the vegetables are tender.
• Carefully transfer a few ladlefuls of the chunky soup to a blender and blend until smooth. Alternatively, use a hand blender and pulse for a few seconds to thicken the soup somewhat. Season well to taste.
• Serve warm with buttered crusty bread or buttered bannocks.

LAMB SOUP

Steps:

• Chop bones in half and then place in a large soup pot, adding meat, celery, carrot, onion, peppercorns and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 2 hours, skimming and replacing water about every 30 minutes or so so water stays at approximated original level.
• Drain using a colander over a bowl or pot, retaining liquids.
• Trim meat from bones and discard bones after removing marrow (added to meat).
• Discard gristle, carrots and celery.
• Return remainder (meat) to pot or bowl with broth and refrigerate overnight.
• Skim soup and put congealed broth (with meat) in a pan. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer, adding curry powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, bouillion cube and greek seasoning, stirring. Skim.
• Season to taste.

LAMB AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• First, prepare the lentils. Fill a large bowl with water and pour them into it. Let them soak for 30 minutes. Once they're done soaking drain them in a fine mesh colander, rinse them and set them aside to dry out a bit. Then get out a large dutch oven and heat the olive oil in it over medium high heat. Add the garlic, onion and mint and let them get fragrant for a minute. Then add the lamb and break it up with a spoon as it cooks. While it cooks season it with the salt, cinnamon, smoked paprika, coriander, turmeric, and dried oregano.
• When the lamb is cooked through, add the tomato paste and Worcestershire sauce. Let the tomato paste cook for a minute as you stir that in. Then finally pour in the chicken stock, crushed tomatoes and lentils. Let the soup come to a boil, then reduce it to a simmer. Cook the soup at a simmer for an hour to an hour and a half. The lentils should get completely tender and the flavors will marry gorgeously. Then ladle it into pretty bowls and top it with a little extra fresh mint for garnish. Serve hot immediately and enjoy!

LAMB & CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a deep, non-stick saucepan. Add the onion, carrots and celery, and cook over a high heat, stirring every now and then, until starting to soften. Stir in the lamb and spices, then cook for 5-7 mins to brown the meat.
• Tip in the cans of lentils and chickpeas, along with their liquid, then stir in the tomato purée and bouillon with 1 litre of hot water from the kettle. Bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 30 mins until the veg is tender. Stir through the chopped parsley, then scatter over a few whole leaves to serve.

LAMB BONE SOUP

Steps:

• Follow the link for the recipe. Add one meaty lamb bone at the beginning. Simmer it in the stock for 2 hours, take it out and remove the meat. Set the meat aside and return the meatless bone to the stock. Continue simmering for 4 hours for a more concentrated stock.
• If your lamb stock is already cooked, pour it into a pot, add the meaty bones and simmer them in the stock for about 2 hours or until the meat is tender. Remove the meat from the bone and set it aside. Use the stock and the shredded meat to make the soup. You can cook the meat in water as well, but use good quality stock to make the soup.
• Once the stock and the meat are cooked, make the soup.
• Chop the onions and the bacon (if necessary).
• Heat the oil in a large heavy-bottomed pot. Fry the bacon cubes and the chopped onion on medium-low heat for about 4 minutes.
• Add the chopped carrots, and garlic, stir well and cook for about 4 minutes. Add the peeled and cubed potatoes, caraway seeds, thyme, rosemary, bay leaves, chili. Stir well.
• Add the stock. Cook for about 10 minutes.
• In the meantime, chop the cabbage. Add cabbage and drained white beans to the pot. Cook for another 10 minutes or until the cabbage is cooked to your liking, it should not get mushy.
• Add the shredded meat and heat through for a few minutes.
• Adjust the taste with vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper.
• Serve sprinkled with fresh parsley if desired.

RUSTIC LAMB SOUP

Steps:

• Place the lamb stock, bones from the lamb joint and 600ml of water in a large pan. Leave to simmer, uncovered, on a medium heat for 1 hour 30 minutes. Meanwhile, peel and cube all of the vegetables.
• Sieve the liquid from the stock into a fresh pan and add the sweet potato, celeriac and carrots and boil for another 20 minutes. Meanwhile, boil the potatoes in a separate pan.
• Add the potatoes and remaining leeks and onions along with the shredded Lamb. Warm on a medium heat for 5-10 minutes.
• Season to taste and serve with large slices of rustic bread.