Elbasan Tava is a traditional casserole dish with lamb and yogurt. As the name suggests its origin is from the city of Elbasan in Middle Albania.

Ingredients

• 1-2 kg lamb
• 6 eggs
• 1l yogurt
• 4 spoons of corn flour
• 200 gr. butter
• 1 little onion
• 3-5 cloves of garlic
• salt and pepper

Preparation

Lamb meat is cut in pieces and cooked with the onion and some salt. In the casserole the eggs are beaten together with corn flour, yogurt and garlic. Three glasses of water from the cooked lamb are added to the mixture and the casserole is put in the preheated oven. Half an hour after, when the mass in the casserole is thickened the lamb pieces are added and the casserole comes into the oven again for an hour.

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