{"id":81,"date":"2026-02-22T23:25:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/lamb-and-sausage-couscous"},"modified":"2026-02-22T23:25:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:25:41","slug":"lamb-and-sausage-couscous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/sausage\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/lamb-and-sausage-couscous\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamb And Sausage Couscous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>3 lb lamb shoulder cut into 2-in &#8211; cubes<br \/>\n 1\/2 t salt,or to taste<br \/>\n 1 black pepper,Freshly Ground<br \/>\n 1 T olive oil<br \/>\n 1 md onion,quartered<br \/>\n 4 md carrots,peeled and cut into &#8211; 1\/2-inch pieces<br \/>\n 2 celery stalks cut into 4 -pieces<br \/>\n 1\/4 c tomato paste<br \/>\n 3 T all-purpo<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>PREHEAT OVEN TO 325F. Pat the meat dry and sprinkle with salt and<br \/>\npepper as desired. Heat the oil in a large covered casserole or Dutch<br \/>\noven over high heat on top of the stove. Add the meat, without<br \/>\ncrowding, in batches if necessary, and brown well on all sides.<br \/>\nRemove pieces to a plate as they are done and reserve. Repeat until<br \/>\nall meat is browned. Do not pour off fat. Replace the casserole over<br \/>\nmedium heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery and tomato paste. Cook,<br \/>\nstirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Use your spoon to loosen and<br \/>\ndissolve the brown bits stuck to the bottom of the casserole. Add<br \/>\nflour and cook, stirring, an additional minute. Add wine, meat (and<br \/>\nany juices on the plate), stock, cayenne and cumin. Cover, bring to a<br \/>\nboil and place in the oven for 1 1\/4 hours, or until meat is tender.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, combine sausage and zucchini in an ovenproof dish, cover<br \/>\nand place in the oven until sausages are cooked, about 20 minutes.<br \/>\nFollow directions on the back of the box and cook the couscous.<br \/>\nRemove stewed lamb and the sausage\/ vegetable mixture from the oven.<br \/>\nUsing a slotted spoon, remove the meat from the sauce and place it in<br \/>\na serving bowl. Pour off and discard any excess fat from the sausages<br \/>\nand add sausages and vegetables to the lamb. Pour the thin gravy<br \/>\nthrough a fine strainer into the serving bowl and discard the<br \/>\nvegetables and spices that remain in the strainer. To serve, place<br \/>\nthe couscous in another serving dish. Pour the broth into a pitcher<br \/>\nor soup tureen. Encourage guests to place couscous in their soup<br \/>\nbowl, top with the meat and vegetables and moisten with soup.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sausage<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/sausage\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/lamb-and-sausage-couscous\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sausage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/sausage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/sausage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/sausage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/sausage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/sausage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/sausage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/sausage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/sausage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/sausage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}