Name: Sharba Libiya
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Libyan
Ingredients: 400 g lamb (cut into small pieces); 1 piece onion (finely chopped); 3 cloves garlic (minced); 2 tbsp tomato paste; 1 tsp ground caraway; 0.5 tsp ground turmeric; 0.5 tsp dried mint; 45 ml olive oil; 1.5 l water or lamb stock; 80 g orzo pasta; 1 piece lemon (juiced); fresh mint leaves (chopped, to garnish); salt and pepper (to taste)

1

Brown the lamb

Heat the olive oil in a pot and brown the lamb pieces with the onion and garlic.

2

Build the base

Stir in the tomato paste, caraway, turmeric and dried mint and cook briefly.

3

Simmer the soup

Add the water, cover, and simmer until the lamb is tender.

40 min

4

Add the pasta

Stir in the orzo and simmer until it's cooked through.

10 min

5

Finish and serve

Stir in the lemon juice, season with salt and pepper, scatter over fresh mint, and serve hot.

Sharba Libiya

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