Recipe - Spinach Lamb And Orzo Soup

7 cup Water
1 cn Chicken broth; (14
1/2ounce)
3 pound Lamb shanks
1 Carrot; chopped
1 Onion; chopped
1 Celery stalk; chopped
1 Bay leaf
3 tablespoon Olive oil
1 small Onion; cut or sliced up
Three fourths cup Orzo; (riceshaped pasta)*
; (about 5 ounces)
1 pound Fresh spinach; chopped or 1
; 10ounce package
; frozen chopped
; spinach, thawed
Freshly grated Parmesan
cheese

*Available at Italian markets, specialty foods stores and many
supermarkets.

Bring water and chicken broth to boil in heavy large saucepan or Dutch oven
over high heat. Add lamb shanks, carrot, chopped onion, celery and bay leaf
and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until lamb is tender, about 1
hour 20 minutes. Transfer lamb to plate and cool slightly. Remove meat from
bone and cut into 1/2inch pieces. Strain cooking liquid and reserve.

In same pot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add cut or sliced up onion and saute
until tender, about 6 minutes. Add reserved cooking liquid, lamb meat and
orzo. Cook soup over medium heat until orzo is tender but still firm to
bite, about 20 minutes. Add spinach to soup and cook until wilted, about 2
minutes. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. (Soup can be prepared 1
day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring soup to simmer before serving.)
Ladle soup into bowls. Serve, passing grated Parmesan cheese separately.

Serves 4.

Bon Appetit July 1992

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