Tavë Elbasani

Ingredients

Quantities for 6 servings.

• 1 kg Lamb, in pieces
• 200 g Rice
• 700 ml Thick yoghurt
• 4 piece Eggs
• 60 g Flour
• 100 g Butter
• 5 clove Garlic
• 1 tbsp Dried oregano
• to taste Salt and pepper

Method

1. Rub the lamb with salt, pepper, garlic and oregano and roast it at 190 °C for forty minutes.
2. Parboil the rice for seven minutes and drain it.
3. Melt the butter, stir in the flour and cook it two minutes, to a nutty smell.
4. Whisk the yoghurt with the eggs and salt until completely smooth and add the flour mixture.
5. Spread the rice in an even layer in an earthenware dish and lay the meat and its juices on top.
6. Pour the yoghurt mixture over so it covers everything by a finger's depth.
7. Bake at 180 °C for fifty minutes, until the top browns and the middle still trembles slightly.