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Recipe Tags: Oysters Weeknight Time To Make Course Main Ingredient Cuisine Preparation Occasion Casseroles Main Dish Lamb Sheep Seafood Oven European Potluck Dinner Party English Dietary Low Sodium Low Carb Low In Something Meat Shellfish To Go Equipment 4 Hours Or Less

Oyster Lamb Kick Shaws Elizabethan Casserole

This is truly wonderful even for modern pallets. We had a medieval pot luck party and this was the hit of the night. I wouldn't have minded curling up with the whole pot myself! It is adapted from an elizabethan recipe for quelquechose (kickshaws), a type of add anything you like casserole. The oyster-lamb combination is an elizabethan favorite used in the cookbook to the queens taste"."

Steps

In heavy skillet , brown lamb in 2 t butter.
In bowl stir in lemon juice and clam juice with oysters.
Add lamb to oysters leaving liquid in skillet.
Saut mushrooms in drippings with additional 1t butter and any fat trimmings.
Remove and throw away any remaining fat pieces.
Add mushrooms and liquid to large oven safe dish.
Dump lamb , oysters , and mushrooms with liquid into same oven safe dish.
Dot mixture with butter.
Cover and bake at 425f for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile mix remaining vegetables and heat.
Reserve in a warm place.
When done drain liquid into saucepan.
Heat to boiling.
Add beurre manie , stirring vigorously over high flame until mixture thickens.
Check seasoning.
Add drained vegetables to meat and mix.
Pour sauce over just before serving.
Serve piping hot.

Ingredients

lamb, butter, lemon juice, oysters, smoked oysters, clam juice, artichoke hearts, white asparagus, asparagus spears, white mushrooms, flour, salt and pepper