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Arni fricase me kremmithakia ke maroulia (lamb fricasse)

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Ingredients:
5 lbsShoulder or back of lamb
3/4 cupButter
10 eachScallions
Water as needed
Coarse salt
3 eachHeads of lettuce
2 tbspDill, chopped (or to taste)
Salt & pepper to taste
2 eachEgg yolks
2 eachLemons, juice only
Procedures:
1Cut lamb into serving-size strips.
2Place in pot with the butter.
3Clean scallions; chop the white part into small pcs.
4And the greens into larger ones (abt.
51 ? long); add to meat.
6Add ?c. water and a little coarse salt; cook over med. heat for abt.
71 hr.
8Clean lettuce and cut into 2-inch pcs.
9As soon as meat has absorbed the water it will begin to brown in the butter but do not let the scallions brown.
10Add dill, lettuce, salt & pepper.
11Cover pot and simmer over low heat for abt.
1215 min. if it is needed, add a little water toward the end of the cooking time (not in the beginning, because then the lettuce will exude water).
13Beat egg yolks with 2 tb. of water, add the juice from the lemons, and beat it in well.
14Add a little of the liquid from the pot, beating constantly.
15Pour this sauce back into the pot and shake the pot gently to mix the sauce with the food.
16Serve immediately