Recipe - Lamb With Honey And Almonds

3 pound Boneless shoulder of lamb,
trimmed of fat and cut
into large chunks
2 lg Onions, chopped fine
3 tablespoon Honey
1 cup Raisins
4 Carrots, peeled and cut
into 1" lengths
Three fourths cup Whole almonds
1/8 teaspoon Saffron
OR
One half teaspoon Saffron threads
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
One half teaspoon Ground ginger
3 teaspoon Salt
pn Cayenne pepper
1 cn Garbanzo beans (large can)
2 cup Water
1 teaspoon Arrowroot

It takes only 10 minutes to assemble this onedish meal. Serve over
brown rice or bulgur.

Soak top and bottom of pot in water for 15 minutes. Pour all
ingredients, except arrowroot, into large round bowl; mix thoroughly
with your hands. Place mixture in presoaked pot. Place covered pot in
cold oven. Turn temperature to 450'F. Cook 90 minutes. Remove pot
from oven. Pour off liquid into saucepan, bring it almost to a boil,
and thicken with arrowroot mixed with 2 tablespoons of water. Serve
with brown rice or bulgur. Pour sauce over rice and lamb.

From Tuscon area newspapers, 1994, 3rd quarter, courtest Mike Orchekowski.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/tn94q3.zip