Spezzato di Agnello coi Fagioli

There are dishes in which the ingredients, when brought together, transcend the familiar extent of their single ability to please and generate flavor so powerfully thrilling that before it all reflective appraisal gives way, surrendering the palate to abandoned delectation. In this dish it happens with lamb, beans, and garlic.

There are several stages to the cooking. First the lamb is browned. Then it is cooked with a soffritto—a sautéed flavor base—of onion, olive oil, and s