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Spiced Lamb and Dill Yogurt Pasta

4.5

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orecchiette cloaked in a bright green sauce topped with ground lamb pine nuts and currants
Photo by Emma Fishman, Food Styling by Pearl Jones

This dish borrows the flavors of shish barak—lamb and pine nut dumplings from the Levant—and spins them in a pasta direction. No dill? Chives and parsley would be great. No lamb? Use another ground meat (or lima beans!). No currants? Any dried fruit works.  

  

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