Agnello in Umido

Lamb Braised with Green Olives

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4 to 6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
In Nonna's Kitchen

By Carol Field

Published 1997

  • About

Renata Marsili of Lucca, a cook with a glorious repertoire of dishes, assures me that this recipe works equally well with rabbit, chicken, or game. Whenever I think about trying one of the options, I can never renounce the lamb, so perhaps I’ll never know. Pouring in the wine, Signora Marsili used a Lucchese expression to explain that the wine gives “il sapore di rigno” (“a somewhat wild taste”). Easy to prepare but unusual, this becomes a spectacula