Filipino Menudo

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 kg lamb tenderloin, cubed
• 3 medium potatoes, cubed
• 2 medium carrots, cubed
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1 medium red bell pepper, diced
• 1 medium green bell pepper, diced
• 500 ml tomato sauce
• 100 g liver spread (originally, we use fresh lamb liver but since it's very difficult to find a good liver, i substitute)
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 50 g grated romano cheese (parmesan is also good)
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 cup sprite (yes, sprite.)
• 4 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 lemon, zest of, only
• ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 combine all marinade ingredients. divide the marinade in halves. save half. add lamb cubes on the other half with the bay leaf and marinate for at least 30 minutes.
• 2 remove lamb from the marinade, drip dry.
• 3 sauté garlic and onion, add lamb and the unused half of the marinade and bay leaf, simmer uncovered, reduce the liquid to half.
• 4 add fresh lamb liver if you prefer the fresh ingredient, cover and cook.
• 5 add tomato sauce, liver paste (if this is what you're using), carrots, potatoes and raisins, simmer stirring occasionally.
• 6 add peppers and adjust the seasoning.
• 7 add the grated cheese, let it melt, stir and distribute evenly. serve hot.