Lamb Chops Alla Pizzaiola With Dumplings

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 lamb blade steaks or 4 lamb sirloin steaks, each cut 3/4 inch thick
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 green pepper, cut into thin strips
• 1 red pepper, cut into thin strips
• 1/2 lb mushroom
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• oregano leaves
• 1 cup buttermilk baking mix (bisquick)
• 1/3 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 coat lamb chops with flour.
• 2 in a 12 inch skillet over medium-high heat, in hot oil, cook lamb chops until well browned on both sides.
• 3 remove chops to a shallow 2 1/2 qt.
• 4 casserole.
• 5 in drippings remaining in skillet over medium heat, cook green and red peppers, mushrooms, onion and garlic until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
• 6 add tomatoes with their liquid, salt, sugar, crushed red pepper, and 1/4 tsp.
• 7 oregano leaves.
• 8 spoon vegetable mixture over lamb chops in casserole.
• 9 cover and bake in 375° oven 1 hour.
• 10 skim off fat from liquid in casserole.
• 11 prepare dumplings: in a small bowl with fork, stir buttermilk baking mix, milk and 1/4 oregano leaves just until blended.
• 12 drop dumpling mixture into eight mounds in casserole; bake, uncovered, 10 minutes.
• 13 cover casserole and bake 10 minutes longer or until dumplings are set and lamb is tender.