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Name: Agnello in agrodolce (sweet and sour lamb)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 large onion, peeled and thinly sliced; 5 tablespoons of olive oil; 5 tablespoons full cream milk; 3 tablespoons tomato purée; 1 kg (2 lb) lamb shoulder, cut into bite-sized cubes; 125 ml high quality white wine vinegar; Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons granulated sugar; 6 fresh basil leaves, roughly chopped
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Eastern influences can be found in all [[Agrodolce|agrodolce]] recipes, not least, this [[Lamb|lamb]] dish.

This is a delightful recipe, but don't expect it to be the same as the bright [[Orange|orange]] Chinese version that you may be familiar with! 
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|TotalCalories = 3346
|PortionCalories = 836
|DatePublished=29th July 2013
|Author=Chef
|Servings = Serves 4
 |Difficulty = 2
 |TotalTime = 1 hour 30 minutes
 |PrepTime = 10 minutes
 |CookTime = 1 hour 20 minutes
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====Best recipe review====
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''<span class="reviewTitle">An unusual pasta dish</span>''

<span style="line-height:180%"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span class="reviewScore">5</span>/5</span>

<span class="reviewDesc">And it was lovely too.</span>

<span class="reviewAuthor"> [[User:Sue_spins|Susie]] </span></span>
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{{RecipeIngredients
| 1 large [[Onion|onion]], peeled and thinly sliced
| 5 tablespoons of [[Olive oil|olive oil]]
| 5 tablespoons full [[Cream|cream]] [[Milk|milk]]
| 3 tablespoons [[Tomato|tomato]] purée
| 1 kg (2 lb) [[Lamb|lamb]] [[Shoulder|shoulder]], cut into bite-sized cubes
| 125 ml high quality [[White wine vinegar|white wine vinegar]]
| [[Sea Salt|sea salt]] and [[Freshly ground black pepper|freshly ground black pepper]]
| 2 tablespoons [[Granulated sugar|granulated sugar]]
| 6 fresh [[Basil leaves|basil leaves]], roughly chopped
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===Method===

{{RecipeMethod
| [[Fry]] the [[Onions|onions]] in half of the [[Olive oil|olive oil]] until golden [[Brown|brown]] and reserve.
| Meanwhile, mix the [[Milk|milk]] and [[Tomato paste|tomato paste]] together.
| [[Brown]] the [[Lamb|lamb]] in the remaining [[Oil|oil]].
| Season the [[Meat|meat]] with a little [[Salt|salt]], add the [[Onions|onions]] back to the pan and pour in the [[Tomato|tomato]] mixture.  I added just a few tablespoons of water at this stage as it looked as though it would not survive an hour of simmering.
| [[Simmer]] gently for about an hour.
| After an hour, add the [[Vinegar|vinegar]], [[Sugar|sugar]] and a good grind of [[Black pepper|black pepper]] then cook for the final 15 minutes.
| Chop the [[Basil|basil]] and add just before serving.
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Image:Agnello in agrodolce simmering.jpg|Agnello in agrodolce, simmering
Image:Agnello in agrodolce, the ingredients.jpg|Agnello in agrodolce, the ingredients
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===Variations===
Try this with [[Duck|duck]] or [[Rabbit|rabbit]].
===Chef's notes===
Making this for 2 people, I used 350g of [[Lamb tenderloin|lamb shoulder fillet]], but kept the remaining ingredients the same. I reduced the simmering time to 30 minutes as it was nice tender fillet.
===Serving suggestions===
While [[Plain boiled rice|plain boiled rice]] is probably the thing to serve with this, it went really well with [[spaghetti]].
==See also==
* [[Sweet and sour recipes]]
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