Greek-style Lamb With Rice

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/4 lbs ground lamb
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can tomato puree
• 1 cup water
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon oregano
• black pepper
• 5 cups cooked rice

Recipe

• 1 in a large, nonstick skillet, brown the ground lamb with onion and garlic.
• 2 when lamb is no longer pink, tip pan and with spoon remove any accumulated fat.
• 3 stir in tomato puree, water, cinnamon and oregano.
• 4 sprinkle with pepper; bring just to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer about 10-15 minutes.
• 5 add more water if it seems too thick.
• 6 to serve, mound rice on serving plates and top with lamb mixture.
• 7 to freeze: combine lamb and rice and put into freezer container.