Lamb and Pepper Hotpot

This is a very traditional dish from the inland regions of Rioja, Navarre and Aragón.

Sheep have been reared on the arid plains for centuries and their wool was once a mainstay of the Spanish economy. The countryside was carved up by ancient droving ways, the canadas, which allowed shepherds to pass unhindered from one side of the country to the other. Today you can walk many of the paths and when you spot a flock of dusty sheep crossing the deserted landscape it seems that t