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Dish of the week: Holubtsi

68 Lamb Recipes From 30 Cuisines.

The defining meat of a broad belt running from the Balkans through the Middle East to Central Asia. Its distinct, slightly sweet gaminess stands up to bold treatment: garlic and rosemary in Europe, cumin and coriander further east, yogurt marinades in between. Shoulder is the braising and roasting cut; leg suits faster roasting; ground lamb makes kebabs and kofte juicy.

68 recipes on this route

The recipes.

Bowl of Algerian chorba frik, a rust-coloured lamb and freekeh soup scattered with coriander and dried mint

Algeria1 hr 30 min

Algerian Chorba Frik

Lamb and Freekeh Soup

A pot of Iraqi bamia with whole okra pods and chunks of lamb in a glossy red tomato broth

Iraq2 hr

Bamia

Iraqi Okra and Lamb Stew

Bowl of Mongolian bantan, a cloudy mutton broth thickened with soft flour crumbs and scattered scallion greens

Mongolia30 min

Bantan

Mongolian Flour Crumb Soup

A smooth barley dough dome in the centre of a wide tray, ringed by orange lamb sauce, potatoes, chickpeas and halved eggs

Libya2 hr

Bazin

Libyan Barley Dough Dome with Lamb Sauce

Tall earthenware pot of bosanski lonac with visible layers of beef, cabbage wedges, potato and carrot in dark broth

Bosnia and Herzegovina3 hr 45 min

Bosanski Lonac

Layered Bosnian Meat and Vegetable Pot

Pan of Mongolian budaatai khuurga fried rice with browned mutton strips, carrot matchsticks and potato batons

Mongolia40 min

Budaatai Khuurga

Mongolian Mutton Fried Rice

Quarter loaf of white bread hollowed and filled with dark red mutton curry, crumb lid on top and carrot sambal beside it

South Africa2 hr 35 min

Bunny Chow

Durban Curry in a Hollowed Loaf

Pleated Mongolian buuz dumplings crowded on a steamer tray, wrappers glossy and taut with mutton filling

Mongolia1 hr 50 min

Buuz

Mongolian Steamed Mutton Dumplings

Platter of Algerian chakhchoukha — torn flatbread coated in red lamb sauce with chickpeas and carrot piled in the centre

Algeria3 hr 10 min

Chakhchoukha

Biskra Torn Flatbread in Lamb Sauce

A wide tray of Libyan couscous topped with lamb, pumpkin wedges, chickpeas and a crown of caramelised onions with raisins

Libya2 hr 5 min

Couscous bil Bosla

Libyan Lamb and Pumpkin Couscous

Chopped charred lamb pieces on paper covered with pale softened onions, torn baguette beside the tray

Senegal2 hr 50 min

Dibi

Senegalese Charcoal-Grilled Lamb with Onions

Uzbek dimlama tipped onto a platter: chunks of lamb over whole potatoes, carrots, peppers and collapsed cabbage in dark broth

Uzbekistan2 hr 10 min

Dimlama

Uzbek Layered Meat and Vegetable Braise

Every recipe on this route.

All 68 of them, alphabetically, with the country each one comes from.

also known aslamb shoulder, lamb leg, ground lamb

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