Tavë Kosi

Ingredients

 * 1-1/2 lbs lamb
 * 4 tablespoons butter (1/2 stick)
 * 2 tablespoons rice
 * Salt, pepper

For Yogurt sauce:


 * 1 tablespoon flour
 * 4 tablespoons butter (1/2 stick)
 * 2 lbs. yogurt
 * 5 eggs
 * Salt, pepper

Directions

 * 1) Cut meat in 4 serving pieces, sprinkle each piece with salt and pepper, and bake in a moderately-heated oven with half the butter, sprinkling the meat with its gravy now and then. When meat is half-baked, add rice; remove the baking pan from the oven and leave it aside while you prepare the yogurt sauce:
 * 2) Sauté flour in butter until mixed thoroughly. Mix yogurt with salt, pepper and eggs until a uniform mixture is obtained, and finally stir in the flour. Put the sauce mixture in the baking pan; stir it with the meat pieces and bake at 375 degrees F for about 45 minutes. Serve hot.
 * 3) Serves 4 people